US09469094B2
An apparatus and method for removing matrix material from a web of cut adhesive backed labels. A matrix stripping apparatus comprises a rotating cylinder for receiving a web of cut adhesive labels, a source for applying an electrostatic charge to the web of cut adhesive labels, and a separation member to facilitate separation of the matrix from a web comprising cut labels and a release liner. Applying an electrostatic charge to the web assists in holding the web against the rotating cylinder and relieves tension in the separation and removal of the matrix material.
US09469091B2
A method of making extensible web laminates comprising a multilayer film and at least one web layer and the use of such extensible web laminates in personal care articles. The method generally includes activating the multilayer film in a first direction by stretching at least a portion of the multilayer film past the elastic deformation limit of the skin layers and recovering the skin layers with the elastomeric core layer to produce a multilayer film that is elastic in the first direction. The activated multilayer film is subsequently stretched beyond the deformation limit of the skin layers in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. At least one web layer is applied to the multilayer film while in the stretched state. The multilayer film is then recovered to produce an extensible web laminate.
US09469089B2
The invention relates to a layered product containing different types of plastic waste and process for preparing the same. Due to its toughness, weldability, insulation property and chemical resistance the layered product according to the invention is usable among others in construction industry, electric industry and chemical industry.
US09469086B2
The invention relates to a method for assembling a stack (10) consisting of single or multilayered pre-products (1115) of equal or different sizes, said pre-products lying freely one on top of the other, wherein the stack (10) has two outer pre-products (11, 15). According to the method, the stack (10) is given a cohesion that facilitates later handling. The cohesion is achieved in a very simple and flexibly applicable manner by providing the slack (10) to be assembled in a first step, said stack consisting of pre-products (11-15) that lie freely one on top of the other, and by attaching at least one connecting element (17) to an edge (16) of the stack (10) in a second step such that said element overlaps the two outer pre-products (11, 15) of the stack (10) in a clamping manner.
US09469078B2
An apparatus for forming a container comprises a hopper assembly configured to store a plurality of blanks. Each blank includes a bottom panel, a pair of opposing end panels, at least one stacking tab, at least one inner side panel, and at least one outer side panel. A transport mechanism is positioned below the hopper assembly and is configured to transport a blank of the plurality of blanks from a first position to a second position. A pair of opposing folding plows is positioned below the hopper assembly. The folding plows are configured to rotate the inner side panels and the stacking tabs of the blank as the blank is transported from the first position to the second position. At least one stacking tab bullet is coupled to each folding plow. Each stacking tab bullet is configured to move a respective stacking tab relative to a corresponding inner side panel.
US09469073B2
In one aspect, inks for use with a 3D printer are described herein. In some embodiments, an ink comprises a polymerizable material and a reactive wax comprising a saturated alkyl moiety bonded to an ethyleneically unsaturated moiety through a urethane, urea, ester, or carbonate ester linkage, wherein the ink is free or substantially free of non-reactive wax.
US09469071B2
A fused filament fabrication system and method comprises a motor for moving the system along a linear rail during operation, a drive gear coupled to the motor. The drive gear rotates in the direction of the motor during operation and selectively operatively engages first or second idler gears during operation of the system. The system also comprises first and second filaments for the selective passage of material to corresponding first and second extruders, the first filament is positioned between the first idler gear shaft and idler bearing and the second filament is positioned between the second idler gear shaft and idler bearing.
US09469061B2
A piston has a one-piece body having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is integrally formed with the first portion, is flexibly movable between a first position and a second position relative to the first portion, and is biased toward the first position. The first portion has an orifice, and the second portion has a seal member. When the second portion is disposed in the first position, the seal member is disposed in a sealed arrangement with the orifice, and when the second portion is disposed in the second position, the seal member is disposed in an unsealed arrangement with the orifice.
US09469053B2
A pallet includes a rigid body that supports a concrete product and a polymer layer that corresponds to a geometry of the concrete product within a predetermined tolerance. One or more flanges with apertures are provided with the rigid body for the polymer layer to attach thereto. The polymer layer can extend outward from the rigid body to form a portion of the dimensions for the concrete product within predefined tolerances.
US09469052B2
An apparatus and method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastics casting (FRP), includes a molding box filled with free flowing molding material, in what a prototype of casting or a textile preform is inserted, forming a mold cavity for infiltration the inserted preform of textile with synthetic resin material in order to form a fiber-reinforced plastics casting (FRP).
US09469051B2
On a foam plastics molding machine, a molding unit, defined by a mold and an interface frame equipped with a number or quantity of plastic molding material and operating fluid inlets, is loaded into a raised window in a fixed frame of the machine by positioning the molding unit in a fixed position on a trolley; positioning the trolley astride a fixed platform; raising the platform so that vertical ribs on the interface frame slideably engage corresponding vertical guides forming part of the machine and on a level with the window; connecting the guides to the ribs; and moving the guides towards the window.
US09469049B2
The invention relates to a method and to an installation for separating individual valuable materials from mixed, in particular milled, plastic waste, comprising film parts, laminated film parts and hard plastic parts, plus optionally impurities. Any impurities are separated from the plastic waste. Next the plastic waste is separated into hard plastics and films as well as laminates, and the hard plastics are separated from the films, and finally the hard plastics are separated into the different types of plastic. At least one separation step comprises a sink-or-float separation.
US09469044B2
A router attachment assembly including a base plate, a first side support structure and a second side support structure. The base plate has an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of router attachment openings extend through the base plate, which are configured to correspond to openings on a router. Fasteners couple the base plate to the router through the router attachment openings. A central router axle opening allows a router axle to pass therethrough. The first side support structure extends from the base plate and defines a front face. The second side support structure extends from the base plate on an opposing side of the central router opening. The second side support structure includes a biasing member biased toward the first side support structure, to, in turn, urge a material extending through the channel toward and into contact with the first side support structure.
US09469030B2
A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a plan view map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a plan view map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.
US09469029B2
Methods for saving energy and reducing cycle time by using optimal ordering of the industrial robotic path. A method includes receiving inputs including a complex operation, generating a plurality of task groups of the complex operation, calculating a group edge rating for each of a plurality of robotic movement edges between each of the plurality of task groups, calculating a candidate rating for each of a plurality of candidate paths, wherein the candidate rating comprises a summation of the group edge ratings for a candidate path, determining an optimal path comprising the candidate path with an optimal rating, wherein the optimal rating is determined by the lowest candidate rating, and returning the optimal path.
US09469028B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for determining posture data for a user based on observation of the user, generating user model data describing one or more user models, determining user preferences data describing the preferences of the user for receiving an object, generating two or more reach simulations that simulate the user reaching for different points inside a user environment to receive the object, each reach simulation resulting in a hand of the user arriving at a three-dimensional point in the user environment, analyzing the reach simulations to assign a value to each three-dimensional point in the user environment, grouping the three-dimensional points into one or more clusters of similar points to form candidate zones including one or more points inside the user environment where a robot can place the object for handover to the user, and ranking the candidate zones.
US09469025B1
A tool for setting an anchor at an elevated overhead position over a horizontal structural member wherein the anchor includes a length of webbing with a ring at each end. The tool includes a vertically extending adjustable length pole having a handle at the bottom and an elongated adapter at the top. The adapter has one end connected to the top of the pole and is movable between a position where it is in axial alignment with the pole and a position where it is perpendicular to the pole. A hook extends from the free end of the adapter and is capable of engaging the rings. A pair of spaced apart pins extends outwardly from the adapter to support the webbing when the adapter is perpendicular. With the webbing in place, the adapter is positioned over the support and maneuvered by lowering or tilting the same so that the webbing comes off of the pins and onto the support. Using the hook, one ring is then drawn through the other to provide an anchor.
US09469024B2
A container system having a base unit and a removable container unit. The base unit includes a base container portion and a base handle having a first end portion attached to at least one of the opposing side walls of the base container portion, a second end portion attached to at least another of the opposing side walls of the base container portion, and an extending portion extending between the first end portion and the second end portion. The base unit also includes a first latch region. The removable container unit includes a second latch region constructed and arranged to latch with the first latch region. The removable container unit prevents access to the opening of the base unit when the removable container unit is attached to the base unit and permits access to the opening of the base unit when the removable container unit is removed from the base unit.
US09469018B2
An infinitely variable speed and multi-functional wrench has a wrench body. The sockets are arranged at two ends of the wrench body. An adjustment screw bolt is arranged on the wrench body. An adjustable wrench support matches with sockets and are separately arranged on two ends of the adjustment screw bolts. An adjustment threaded sleeve is arranged between the adjustment wrench support and the adjustment screw bolt. An adjustable button fixed with the adjustment screw bolt is arranged on the adjustment screw bolt. The spacing between the sockets and the adjustable wrench support can be adjustment with the adjustable button. The diameters of the wrench holes at two ends of the wrench body varies with each other.
US09469010B2
A burnishing unit includes a housing having a bore extending therethrough. The bore has a first end portion and a second end portion. A first fluid port and a second fluid port are provided on the housing, each fluid port is in communication with the bore. The first fluid port introduces hydraulic fluid to the bore and the second fluid port allows hydraulic fluid to escape from the bore. A removable sleeve is positioned in one of the first end portion and second end portion of the bore. The sleeve includes a sidewall having an opening in communication with the bore and the first fluid port. A hydraulic fitting positioned in the first fluid port has a proximal end portion adapted to receive a hydraulic conduit and a distal end portion. The distal end portion is adapted to sealingly engage the sidewall of the sleeve around the opening provided therein.
US09469006B1
A positive feed drilling machine with a lubricant emitter. The drilling machine can have a pneumatic logic system that can automatically initiate retraction of a cutter spindle and cutting tool after a desired cutting stroke distance. Initiation of the retraction sequence can automatically shut off delivery of lubricant to the cutter tool.
US09468998B2
The present invention discloses a rubber band machine. The length of a rubber band to be conveyed may be set by controlling the angle of rotation of a first motor. The rubber band input by a first feeding drive wheel is stored between the first feeding drive wheel and a second feeding drive wheel so that the second feeding drive wheel coordinates with a looping device to continue to output the rubber band. During feeding, the rubber band machine can perform joint examination and ironing to the rubber band, and automatically cut the rubber band off at the discharge port of the second feeding drive wheel via a cutting device. The looping device grips the rubber band via a third gripper and moves rotationally to convey two ends of the rubber band to a first gripper and a second gripper, respectively. After the first gripper and the second gripper have gripped the two ends of the rubber band, the rubber band forms a rubber ring by rotational motion of the first gripper and the second gripper, and the two jointed ends of the rubber ring are fixed on a bracket for subsequent sewing and fixation. The looping device has the advantages of simple structure and automatic control, and the looping speed of rubber bands is thus greatly improved.
US09468989B2
A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: removing a template membrane from the MNW; infiltrating the MNW with a bonding material; placing the bonding material on the adjacent surface; bringing an adjacent surface into contact with a top surface of the MNW while the bonding material is bondable; and allowing the bonding material to cool and form a solid bond between the MNW and the adjacent surface. A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: choosing a bonding material based on a desired bonding process; and without removing the MNW from a template membrane that fills an interstitial volume of the MNW, depositing the bonding material onto a tip of the MNW.
US09468980B2
Contoured helical solid polycrystalline PCD and PCBN superabrasive segments are provided for attachment to cutting tool substrates such as twist drill tips, reamers, burrs and endmills. Segments are provided in near to net shape for attachment to a tool substrate thereby requiring reduced finishing steps and providing increased tailorability of grade and quality of final polycrystalline segments. Cutting tools comprising cutting tool substrates having attached thereto a contoured helical solid polycrystalline PCD and PCBN superabrasive segments are also disclosed.
US09468972B2
A method of making a permanent magnet and a permanent magnet. The method includes providing combining a core material and a surface material so that the surface concentration of dysprosium, terbium, or both in the surface material is high while simultaneously keeping the bulk concentration of dysprosium, terbium, or both low. From this, the magnet has a non-uniform distribution of dysprosium, terbium or both. Varying approaches to preparing the combined core and surface materials may be used to ensure that the surface powder effectively wraps around the core powder as a way to achieve the high surface concentration and low bulk concentration. In one form, the core material may be made from a neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet precursor material.
US09468969B2
The invention relates to an axial thread rolling head, comprising a head part, in which at least three thread rolls are rotatably mounted, wherein the thread rolls among themselves border an insertion section for a workpiece and wherein the thread rolls each have a profile for forming an outer thread on the workpiece, wherein the thread rolls are held non-adjustably in the radial direction in the head part, wherein the profile of the thread rolls is respectively designed asymmetrically such that the thread rolls with their asymmetrical profile form a symmetrical external thread on the workpiece. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
US09468966B2
A system and method for radially expanding hollow cylindrical objects, through the use of a tube expansion tooling, affixing a mandrel in place, the tooling rendered operative through the generation of hydraulic pressure, to provide the axial force necessary for pulling of the mandrel into the tool, and the mandrel having concentrically applied thereon various spacers, cams, and curved segments, which when the drawbar of the mandrel is pulled, manual forces are generated through the cams and segments into an expansion capacity to force the expansion of any tube in which the mandrel locates, to be expanded into a tight binding fit within a tube sheet or any other bore hole formed in equipment.
US09468964B1
Apparatus and methods for forming a finger-engaging portion in a stay-on-tab of a lid of a container
An apparatus for forming a finger-engaging portion in a stay-on-tab of a lid of a container includes a support, a fixture mounted to the support for movement between a first position and a second position in opposition to stay-on-tab of the lid of the container, and an abutment mounted to the fixture for movement between an open position and a closed position in opposition to the fixture and the stay-on tab in the second position of the fixture to bend the stay-on-tab between the fixture and the abutment to form in the stay-on-tab a finger-engaging portion that is upturned relative to the lid of the container.
US09468961B2
An apparatus for the electrohydraulic control of the parallelism of a roller in a bending machine for working metal pieces, has a first and second pumps for supplying with an operating fluid a first and second actuators, position transducers and a first and second proportional valves to adjust the flow of the operating fluid into the first and second actuators according to signals of the position transducers.
US09468958B2
A extraction system is designed for metal working and other applications. The system may comprise a cart-type base or may be incorporated into a fixed or semi-fixed installation. A blower delivers a positive pressure airflow to a hood that creates an air region by directing the air through an annular space between inner and outer shrouds, impacting the air against a single generally perpendicular flange. Return air from the operation may be mixed with fresh air, both of which may be filtered, to supply the positive pressure air. Both air streams to and from the hood may be adjusted to optimize operation. Adjustments may be made at the base unit or remotely.
US09468953B2
The present invention is concerned with methods and apparatus for cleaning the surface of an ion source in a mass spectrometer, for example an electrode of a MALDI ion source. The method includes directing UV light onto the surface to desorb contaminant material. The UV light source can be a laser and a moving reflecting surface can be used to direct the light on to the surface.
US09468948B2
An inspection system is configured for use with a conveyer apparatus including carrier bars. Each carrier bar conveys pellet-shaped articles along a predetermined path. The inspection system includes at least one camera unit for sensing a predetermined characteristic of the pellet-shaped articles, a removal unit, and a controller. The removal unit, downstream from the at least one camera unit, removes selected pellet-shaped article(s) from the carrier bar(s) depending on whether the characteristic is sensed by the at least one camera unit. The controller is in communication with the at least one camera unit and the removal unit. The controller provides a signal to the removal unit in accordance with the sensed characteristic. The removal unit includes a rotatable ejection drum having extended vacuum nozzles along its length, equal to the number of articles conveyed in each carrier bar. Each vacuum nozzle selectively removes article(s) from the carrier bar(s) by suction.
US09468944B2
A system includes a plurality of stations positioned along a direction of conveyance. Rails span the length of all stations and include at least first, second, and third rails configured for independent vertical movement. A plurality of objects is supported by and movable along the first, second, and third rails between the stations. Each of the plurality of objects has first, second, and third supports coupled to the respective first, second, and third rails so that all of the plurality of objects tilt in unison about a first set of parallel axes in response to the first, second, and third rails being positioned in a first configuration of vertical heights, and all of the plurality of objects tilt in unison about a second set of parallel axes in response to the first, second, and third rails being positioned in a second configuration of vertical heights.
US09468938B2
The embodiments herein provide a handheld shower head sprayer with a flexible hose arrangement that automatically expands or contracts according to user convenience. The handheld shower head sprayer comprises shower arm, handheld shower sprayer, and flexible shower hose. The shower hose comprises an elastic inner tube concentrically positioned inside a non-elastic outer tube. When shower water valve is opened, water passes through the shower hose and expands the shower hose up. The radial expansion of the inner tube is constrained by maximum diameter of the outer tube. When the shower water valve is closed, the water pressure inside the shower hose is released and the shower hose automatically contracts to the unexpanded length of the hose.
US09468930B2
A rotatable throat assembly for a coal pulverizer which includes a plurality of throat segments secured to a ring seat in the pulverizer, a plurality of ledge cover segments on the throat segments, and a plurality of air seal segments secured on top of the ledge cover segments wherein the air seal segments each includes a layer of flexible, durable, high temperature-resistant polymer/rubber material projecting to within close proximity to the inner wall of the pulverizer to substantially block air flow between the rotatable throat assembly and the inner wall of the pulverizer.
US09468926B2
This invention relates to an apparatus for conducting immunoassay test. The apparatus includes a groove unit having a groove along a vertical direction configured to hold a rod-shaped portion of a probe along the vertical direction, and a push pin configured to move along a horizontal direction, the push pin being capable of residing at a first position and a second position. A tip of the push pin is capable of pressing the rod-shaped portion of the probe against the groove when the push pin resides at the first position. The distance between the tip of the push pin and the groove is larger than a diameter of the rod-shaped portion of the probe when the push pin resides at the second position.
US09468925B2
A container for storing a biological sample for molecular diagnostic testing and/or histological testing is provided. The container includes a first chamber for receiving a sample holder therein, a second chamber, and a closure for enclosing the container. A breakable membrane, such as a piercable foil, extends within the container and separates the two chambers. When the breakable membrane is broken, fluid can pass between the first and second chambers. The membrane may be broken through an activator on the closure, such as a depressible member or a rotatable carrier, causing the sample holder to break through the membrane.
US09468909B2
In at least one embodiment, an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst (ORR) and a method for making the catalyst are provided. The method may include depositing a metal oxide on a graphitized carbon or graphene substrate. A platinum catalyst may then be deposited over the metal oxide to provide an ORR catalyst for use in, for example, a PEMFC. The metal oxide may be niobium oxide and may have an amorphous structure. The platinum catalyst may form a thin, electrically interconnected network structure overlaying the metal oxide. The ORR catalyst may be prepared by alternating the deposition of the metal oxide and the platinum catalyst, for example, using physical vapor deposition. The ORR catalyst may have a specific activity of at least 1,000 μA/cm2 Pt and may approach or achieve bulk Pt activity.
US09468901B2
A polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) pyrolyzate adsorbent is described, having utility for storing gases in an adsorbed state, and from which adsorbed gas may be desorbed to supply same for use. The PVDF pyrolyzate adsorbent can be of monolithic unitary form, or in a bead, powder, film, particulate or other finely divided form. The adsorbent is particularly suited for storage and supply of fluorine-containing gases, such as fluorine gas, nitrogen trifluoride, carbo-fluoride gases, and the like. The adsorbent may be utilized in a gas storage and dispensing system, in which the adsorbent is contained in a supply vessel, from which sorbate gas can be selectively dispensed.
US09468899B2
A multi-chamber continuous tubular reactor for the transesterification of oil (e.g., waste cooking oil and the like) and methanol into glycol and fatty acid methyl (ethel) ester. The reactor includes a plurality of tubes, a plurality of fluidly coupled chambers, an inlet fluidly coupled to a first chamber of the plurality of chambers for receiving reactants, and an outlet fluidly coupled to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers for receiving products generated during a reaction within the plurality of chambers. At least one of the plurality of tubes is at least partially disposed within a lumen of another one of the plurality of tubes. The plurality of fluidly coupled chambers are defined, at least in part, by the plurality of tubes. The reactor is configured to generate a generally helical flow pattern through at least one of the plurality of chambers.
US09468897B2
The present invention discloses a process optimizing the yield of ethylene and propylene from a fluid catalytic cracking unit. The method combines a first catalytic reactor, a fractionation zone, a separation unit and a second catalytic reactor. The separation unit produces a first separate stream comprising C4 olefins and a second separate stream comprising C5 olefins. The separate streams may be combined and are passed to a second catalytic reactor for additional conversion to ethylene and propylene.
US09468895B2
This document describes an advanced laboratory platform rocker. An electronic circuit controls the rotation of the shaft of a motor. The shaft is coupled to the platform, such that the angular position of the platform is controllable, as a function of time, enabling non-periodic and non-steady motion. The rotation of the platform can be used to perform other functions, such as initiating the dispensing of liquid into a tray on the platform, and dispersing of liquid from a tray on the platform.
US09468894B2
Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of bellows pumps configured for efficient mixing at a microfluidic scale. By moving a fluid sample and particles in suspension through an aperture between the paired bellows pump mixing chambers, molecular collisions leading to binding between the particles and ligands in the sample are enhanced. Such devices provide an alternative for mixing that does not use a vent and can be used with a variety of particles in suspension such as magnetic beads to capture or purify useful cells and molecules.
US09468886B2
A promoted carbon and/or non-carbon base sorbent are described that are highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The promoted sorbent comprises a carbon and/or non-carbon base sorbent that has reacted with and contains forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increase and/or preserve reactivity and mercury capacity. These may be added directly with the base sorbent, or in-flight within a gas stream (air, flue gas, etc.), to enhance base sorbent performance and/or mercury capture. Mercury removal efficiencies obtained exceed conventional methods. The promoted sorbent can be regenerated and reused. Base sorbent treatment and preparation methods are also described. New methods for in-flight preparation, introduction, and control of the active base sorbent into the mercury contaminated gas stream are described.
US09468881B2
A cooling system of a first psychrometric mixture having a condensation unit capable of condensing fluid contained in this mixture by direct contact with liquid comprising this fluid, the liquid being in the condensation unit at a temperature below that of the first mixture, and an evaporation unit capable of evaporating liquid in a second psychrometric mixture having fluid, the liquid being in the evaporation unit at a temperature greater than that of the second mixture, the condensation and evaporation units being coupled by a circulation circuit of the liquid, and a regulator for regulating the liquid flow.
US09468877B2
An exhaust gas analyzing apparatus provided a first filter flow path with a first filter, a second filter flow path provided with a second filter, an exhaust gas analyzing part for analyzing exhaust gas passing through the first filter or the second filter, a flow path switching mechanism for switching between the first filter flow path and the second filter flow path. A pulse purge mechanism is provided for supplying purge gas to the filters, in the filter flow paths, in a pulsed manner, and in the case where a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the filter provided in one filter flow path where the exhaust gas flows becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the one filter flow path is switched to the other one, and purge gas is supplied to the filter provided in the one filter flow path in the pulsed manner.
US09468876B2
A filter box (10) having at least one main compartment (20) in fluid flow communication with a main tank (6) and with a transfer pump (8) for feeding with fuel, together with at least one secondary compartment (30) in fluid flow communication with a secondary tank (7) and an ejector (9). The box includes one grid (40) per compartment co-operating with a system for moving the grid in translation in order to be extracted from said compartment through a slot (23, 33) present in a bottom (14) of the compartment (20, 30), and a leaktight shutter system (50) for each compartment (20, 30) for preventing fuel escaping from said slot (23, 33) of a compartment (20, 30) in the absence of said grid (40).
US09468874B2
A neck element of a disc filter sector and a disc filter sector. A sector (5) is provided with a blade part (11) having a filtering surface and a neck part (12) coupling the blade part to a disc filter (1). The neck part has an inner space through which liquid runs from the sector. The inner space of the neck part is provided with at least one support element (18) to prevent opposite flanks (19) defining the neck part from moving in relation to one another. The sector may comprise a separate neck element (20) that may be coupled to the blade part. In that case the neck element is provided with at least one inner support element.
US09468869B2
An apparatus for removing impurities from water and/or wastewater and a method of washing a filter having a filter bed for filtering water or wastewater. In the most preferred form of the invention, the fluid distribution system is an air scour system for directing air through the filter bed to assist in cleaning of the filter bed to remove impurities trapped in the filter bed during a service run. In the most preferred form, the air scour system includes an adapter for permitting adjustment of at least one component of the air scour system during installation.
US09468868B2
An extremely high water cut oil-gas-water three phase flow water removing device includes a mist eliminator (8), a fluid stabilizer (7), a liquid collection chamber (2), a fluid directing duct (5), an inlet connection pipe section (10), a gas outlet connection pipe section (9), a mixture liquid exit connection pipe section (4), a free water outlet connection pipe section (1). The function of the device is to effectively remove most of the free water from the high water cut oil-air-water three phase flow mixture liquid. An extremely high water cut oil-air-water three phase flow measurement apparatus and a measurement method using the water removing device are also disclosed.
US09468867B2
A microfluidic device is provided for inducing the separation of constituent elements from a microfluidic sample by introducing phase changes in the microfluidic sample while contained in a microfluidic channel in the device. At least a portion of the microfluidic sample is frozen to cause fractional exclusion of the constituent element from the frozen portion of the microfluidic sample. Different portions of the microfluidic sample may be frozen in different sectors and at different times in order to cause movement in a desired direction of the separated constituent element. Portions of the microfluidic sample may be frozen in a sequential order of adjacent sectors within the microfluidic channel in order to cause sequential movement of the excluded constituent element toward one portion of the microfluidic channel. The frozen portion of the microfluidic sample is then thawed, wherein the separated constituent element remains substantially separated from the thawed, purified microfluidic sample.
US09468865B1
A tincture and oil preparation apparatus that facilitates an automated method of manufacturing an herbal oil or tincture. The tincture and oil preparation apparatus includes a first container and a second container wherein the second container is suspendedly mounted within the first container. The first container includes a heating element, a control panel and a display screen. The control panel provides the ability to input cooking parameters for manufacturing of tinctures or oils. The cooking parameters include agitator speed, time and temperature. A lid having an electric motor and an agitator integrated therewith is operable to seal the first container and the agitator extends downward into the second container. The agitator is operable in a first speed category and a second speed category. The second container further includes mounting tabs operable to provide the suspended mounting of the second container within the first container.
US09468854B2
A multi-media interactive play system has a number of play elements situated in a variety of play environments or play media. The play elements are linked to a common record of participant performance, progress, character attributes, etc. The participant's performance in the play elements determines the play elements to which the participant may proceed as well as the play parameters of the play element in which the participant is currently involved. The play elements are thus interlinked to define a sequence or path network along which the participant advances. By advancing through the play elements the participant carries out a plot, story, theme, etc. that attaches a significance to the successful completion of a given play element or elements. Also disclosed in a variety of play elements suitable for use in the system, an example of a plot or theme that may be carried out by the system, and a send/receive radio frequency network that may be used to track play participants in a play center.
US09468853B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for locally capturing the identity of the actual executable file required to set system configuration upon indirect launching of a computer game or other type of indirectly-launched file. Such a captured identity of an executable file may be added to a locally and dynamically created and updated local white list which then may be used to determine when to set the desired game mode configuration upon indirect launching of a game so that the desired game mode configuration may remain active for as long as the game is open and running, or for as long as the game is in-focus within an active window.
US09468852B2
Techniques are described herein for automatically determining a play personality of a user. Play personalities develop from play type and play patterns, which may be automatically determined by computing devices based on that user/subject's information and actions. Furthermore, in a gaming environment, the play personality of the user/subject may be represented by an avatar, doppelganger, narrative, graphic or iconic depiction. The play personality may be determined based on the avatar or doppelganger's actions, which may include but are not limited to how they respond to questions posed by non-playing characters and/or the avatars or doppelgangers of other users. Once determined, the play personality may be used as a basis for identifying and integrating intrinsic motivators and integrating user-centric design which can alter some aspect of the game environment, such as the appearance of the avatar, or the nature of a quest, or means for identifying or exploring solutions in gamification.
US09468847B2
The tactile feedback glove incorporates a plurality of pin actuators disposed inside the glove. Actuator pins point towards bottom surfaces of a user's hand inside the glove. A plurality of pivotally attached joint members is disposed inside the glove. The joint members are arranged proximately above top surfaces of a user's hand inside the glove. The pin actuators have a rectangular actuator body with bores sunk through a parallelepiped actuator body surface and arranged in a row-by-column matrix formation of solenoid cores in the bores. The pins slide up and down inside sleeves extending from the solenoid cores. The extent of each pin outside its respective bore is responsive to current flow in the solenoid core. The joint members are arranged above a user's intermediate, proximal, and distal phalanges. Motor control of the joint members determines the angular displacement of the joints directing and limiting hand motion inside the glove.
US09468840B2
A two-sided table game has a game board having a first game playing surface on a first side and a second game playing surface on a second side. Rotatable leg assemblies support the game board above a support surface. When it is desired to play the game on the second side, the rotatable leg assemblies are rotated and the game table is flipped or rotated so that the second game playing surface faces up.
US09468838B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide a rotatable footplate integrated with a corresponding bearing and well assembly that is imbedded into, screwed into, or otherwise, integrally a part of, a single-board sports board, such as a snowboard.
US09468835B2
The invention relates to a communication module, monitoring unit and method of monitoring a physical performance. The module has a receiving unit, processing unit and wireless communications unit. With these units the module continuously receives sensor signals from a sensor connected to the communication module, processes the sensor signals to form a plurality of successive data messages containing data at least partly derived from the sensor signals, and transmits the formed data messages to an external wireless receiver device at a plurality of successive transmission time slots using a wireless communication protocol. The processing unit is adapted to add information to the data messages regarding the difference between first time points based on predefined characteristics of the sensor signals and second times points corresponding to transmission slots. The invention allows for relating the individual signals temporally with each other for better overall analysis of the performance.
US09468830B2
A golf swing training club for training a golfer has a shaft, a club head with a club face and a gripping area. The club head has a club face for striking a ball. The club head extends out from the shaft in a first direction and the club face facing in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. There is a training grip to be gripped by the dominant hand. The training grip is carried by the shaft and is positioned below the gripping area relative to the club head. The training grip is positioned above the shaft in the direction of the club head and, relative to a direction from the gripping area to the club head, the training grip being angled toward a point that is spaced from the first end of the shaft in each of the first and second directions.
US09468827B2
An apparatus for use in an American football type game includes an elongate structure defining a generally tubular body having a length extending between two opposing ends, a width, and a handgrip portion located between the ends. The width of the tubular body is generally uniform along the entire length of the body. An attachment mechanism removably receives the elongate structure at an attachment point and limits movement of substantially the entire elongate structure to that of the attachment mechanism at the attachment point. The attachment mechanism is configured to release the elongate structure therefrom when a force that overcomes an attachment force provided by the attachment mechanism is applied to the handgrip portion.
US09468824B1
An improved lacrosse mesh is made of polypropylene. Polypropylene fibers are among the lightest weight of all commercially produced plastic fibers. Typical polypropylene has a density of 0.9 g/cm3, much lower than that of polyester (1.38), cotton (1.54), or nylon (1.15). Additionally, polypropylene is known to outperform other dyeable fibers in low moisture absorption tests. Preferably a polypropylene-based material known as INNEGRA S is employed. It has a tenacity greater than 5 grams/denier, elongation prior to breakage of about 11%, density of 0.84 g/cm3, 93% of unprocessed polypropylene and a surface texture bearing striations that enhance its grippability to a degree desirable for use in netting for lacrosse mesh. The INNEGRA S material is much more difficult to stretch to any degree as compared to the more easily stretchable NYLON material and, as such, ideally maintains pocket shape in a wide variety of conditions.
US09468820B2
A hollow golf club head comprises a face portion with a face for hitting a ball on its front and a crown portion forming a top surface of the head, wherein the head comprises a face member including the face portion and made of a metallic material and a crown member attached to the face member to form the crown portion at least partially, the crown member includes a first member made of a metal material and a second member made of a fiber reinforced resin for supporting the first member so that the first member does not directly contact with the face member, the head has a primary natural frequency of from 3800 to 6500 Hz and an antinode when the head vibrates in the primary natural mode appears in the first member.
US09468818B2
A wood golf club head, which is provided therein with a hollow section and for which a crown section that forms the upper surface of the head is formed from a metal material. The crown section includes a heel portion; a toe portion with a smaller thickness than the heel portion; and a thickness transition section provided between the heel portion and the toe portion, the thickness of which decreases gradually from the heel portion to the toe portion. In the top view of a reference state in which the head is placed on a horizontal plane with a specified lie angle and loft angle, the thickness transition section extends as a smooth curve that protrudes towards the toe side.
US09468799B1
An orthopedic support and exercise device may be used to help patients regain strength and mobility during lower limb rehabilitative exercises. An orthopedic support and exercise device may include a foot support body; a rotation restraint wall extending vertically upward on one side of the foot support; a divider wall extending vertically upward from the support body and extending transversely from an opposing side of the foot support body; an ankle bed rest defined by a space between the rotation restraint wall and the divider wall such that a foot placed on the orthopedic support and exercise device with ankle in the ankle bed rest is prevented from rotational movements during extension and flexion of a leg; and a weighted slider with a smooth bottom surface that is attached at a base of the foot support body.
US09468794B2
A stationary exercise cycle includes a simulation system for simulating real-world terrain based on environmental and other real-world conditions. Using topographical or other data, an actual location can be simulated. The exercise cycle may include a resistance mechanism that is adjusted based on changes in simulated slope, and by amounts simulating actual frictional and gravitational forces. The simulated speed of the rider, as well as speed and direction of a simulated wind, are used to determine a simulated air speed. Based on the simulated air speed, the simulation system determines the simulated air resistance hindering the rider, and changes reflective of the simulated air resistance are made by the resistance mechanism. The stationary exercise cycle takes into account actual or approximate physical information of the user in determining the real-world conditions that are simulated, including the height, weight, shape, and/or rising position of the rider.
US09468793B2
A workout system for monitoring fitness and generating a workout summary is disclosed. The system includes a workout module that integrates with weight lifting equipment. The workout module includes one or more motion detectors that detect repetitions and/or tempo of weights lifted or displaced and a computer that logs and stores the repetitions and/or the tempo that weights are lifted or are displaced. The workout module also preferably includes a resistance, a radio frequency, an optical or a magnetic weight sensor or reader that automatically reads and determines values of weights used in the workout. The workout module also preferably includes a radio transmitter to transmit workout data and workout parameters to a remote computing device.
US09468791B2
A compact, portable weight stack selector pin for use with exercise equipment commonly known as selectorized weight equipment. This invention will allow the user to pre-select multiple resistances to be used in a controlled descending resistance sequence without the need for the trainee to dismount said equipment to reposition the selector pin or pins during the exercise.
US09468789B2
The present invention relates to exercise equipment and more particularly to a resistance band having a pair hand adapters, a pair of handles, and an extension interposed between each hand adapter and handle. The present invention farther relates to a hand adapter having a plurality of finger loops that are configured to contact the back surface of fingers of a user's hand, and the surface of the hand adapter to which the plurality of finger loops is attached is configured to contact the palm surface of the user's hand.
US09468785B2
A mobile fire extinguishing device includes a motorbike having a base connected to a rear end thereof, and a foam-type fire extinguishing device is connected to the base. Two support units extend from two sides of the base respectively and each support unit has a retractable support rod. A support stand is pivotably connected to the rear end of the base and is positioned either at a retracted first position or an extended second position. When the two support rods are extended, the motorbike is lifted upward and the rear wheel of the motorbike is lifted from the ground. When the support stand is pivoted to the second position, the two support units are retracted, the support stand contacts against the ground so that the motorbike is stable on the ground to bear the reaction force due to the action of the foam-type fire extinguishing device.
US09468780B2
An emergency oxygen supply system for use on aircraft in the event of a loss in cabin pressure is configured for delivering allotments of oxygen and timing the delivery such allotments to each passenger so as maximize the efficiency of the transfer of such oxygen into the passenger's bloodstream. The delivery of each allotment is selected so that the entire allotment is available for inhalation into the region of the lung most efficient at oxygen transfer while the volume of the allotment is selected to substantially coincide with the volume of such region of the lung.
US09468768B2
The present invention relates a system that can configure a stimulus for functional electrical stimulation (“FES”) to maintain a constant muscle force while delaying the onset of muscle fatigue and a related method of use. The stimulus can be delivered to a nerve via a set of multiple electrode contacts according to a stimulation parameter that maximizes a joint moment associated with the stimulus and minimizes the overlap between pairs of contacts. The joint moment can be related to the muscle force, and the overlap can be related to the onset of muscle fatigue.
US09468766B2
An intracardiac pacemaker is configured to receive a cardiac electrical signal developed across a pair of electrodes coupled to the pacemaker and detect a crossing of a first sensing threshold of the cardiac electrical signal. A pacing escape interval timer is set to a first pacing escape interval in response to the cardiac electrical signal crossing the first sensing threshold. The pacing escape interval timer is adjusted if the cardiac electrical signal crosses a second sensing threshold during a time limit.
US09468762B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for treating pain while minimizing or eliminating possible complications and undesired side effects, particularly the sensation of paresthesia. This is achieved by stimulating in proximity to a dorsal root ganglion with stimulation energy in a manner that will affect pain sensations without generating substantial sensations of paresthesia. In some embodiments, such neurostimulation takes advantage of anatomical features and functions particular to the dorsal root ganglion.
US09468753B2
Systems and methods are provided for stimulating motor units. An electrode array includes a plurality of electrodes configured to provide stimulation to respective motor units of a plurality of independent, mutually agonist motor units. A stimulator assembly is configured to provide a stimulation current to each electrode of the plurality of electrodes. The stimulation current is provided such that a sum of respective time-varying moments at the plurality of motor units remains substantially constant and non-zero.
US09468750B2
A multilayer helical wave filter having a primary resonance at a selected RF diagnostic or therapeutic frequency or frequency range, includes an elongated conductor forming at least a portion of an implantable medical lead. The elongated conductor includes a first helically wound segment having at least one planar surface, a first end and a second end, which forms a first inductive component, and a second helically wound segment having at least one planar surface, a first end and a second end, which forms a second inductive element. The first and second helically wound segments are wound in the same longitudinal direction and share a common longitudinal axis. Planar surfaces of the helically wound segments face one another, and a dielectric material is disposed between the facing planar surfaces of the helically wound segments and between adjacent coils of the helically wound segments, thereby forming a capacitance.
US09468744B2
Balloon catheter includes an elongate tubular shaft having an outer tubular member having proximal and distal portions, and an inner tubular member having a distal length extending distally from the distal portion of the outer tubular member. The elongate tubular shaft has an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen defined therein. The guidewire lumen extends along at least the distal length of inner tubular member. The balloon catheter also includes a distal end section coupled to a distal end of the inner tubular member and having a proximal end and a distal end. The balloon catheter also includes a balloon having a proximal portion sealingly coupled to the distal portion of the outer tubular member, a distal portion sealingly coupled to the distal end section, and a working length therebetween. The balloon defines an inner chamber. The proximal end of the distal end section is disposed within the inner chamber.
US09468741B2
A needle safety device for a medical device, in particular for an IV catheter assembly, being movably arranged on the needle comprising: a first part made of a suitable plastic material; a second part preferably made of a strip of suitable metal sheet; and a ring surrounding the first part and the second part having elastic properties made of suitable elastomeric material.
US09468731B2
A ventilator, or a breathing assistance apparatus, is disclosed to ventilate patients who may have breathing difficulties, said device comprising a inspiratory pressure control duct configured to be immersed in a first body of fluid; a positive end-expiratory pressure control duct configured to be immersed in a second body of fluid; at least one valve connected to the peak inspiratory pressure control duct and to the positive end-expiratory pressure control duct, and at least one controller communicably connected to the valve to control rate of cycling of the valve, thereby controlling number of breaths per minute, and to control the duration of peak inspiratory pressure also known as inspiratory time.
US09468730B2
A coupling for connecting an air supply to a respiratory support device has a latching mechanism which prevents the coupling from inadvertently axially displacing from the respiratory support device after they have been mated in a pneumatically discrete path. Non-axial forces are used to disengage the coupling from the respiratory support device. The coupling may include a trailing end adapter which permits rotation of the coupling relative to the air supply rather than to the respiratory support device.
US09468728B2
An improved inhalation device is provided for facilitating inhalation by a patient of powder medicaments contained in a receptacle. The inhalation device includes a staple assembly comprising a plunger and staple that are securely and robustly coupled to one another. Embodiments of the inhalation device have a cap that prevents or reduces the amount of dust and grime entering into the device. The cap is additionally configured to prevent or reduce inadvertent and unintentional operation of the device. The body portion and first casing portion of certain embodiments of the inhalation device are sealably coupled, restricting or reducing undesirable flow pathways that have an adverse effect on the operation of the device.
US09468725B2
An injection device is provided with dual medicament chambers and a mixing pen needle assembly, whereby predetermined dosages of two medicaments can be provided to a mixing reservoir in the pen needle assembly and delivered simultaneously with the injection device.
US09468724B2
A removal tool for a needle shield includes an attachment cavity having an interior wall extending along a length of the attachment cavity and accessible via a sidewall aperture. The interior wall is sized to receive and engage the needle shield. A pull ring is connected to and extends from a proximal end of the attachment cavity. The pull ring has an exterior wall extending along an outer circumference of the pull ring and an interior wall extending along an inner circumference of the pull ring. The inner circumference is sized to accommodate at least one finger of a user.
US09468712B2
An apparatus is disclosed for storing and dispensing a pen needle for an injection device, including a packaging assembly including a pliable outer cover, the outer cover having a hub portion, a needle portion disposed at a distal end of the hub portion, and a flange disposed at a proximal end of the hub portion, the hub portion having internally protruding splines or other structures for engaging a hub of a pen needle. The hub portion is sufficiently pliable for a user to press gripping portions of the hub portion so that corresponding internal portions of the hub portion between the splines contacts the pen needle hub to increase a surface area contact between the outer cover and a pen needle therein.
US09468709B2
Tissue collection systems and methods are provided. More particular, a modular system including one or more manifold elements is provided. Each manifold element includes a manifold barrel and a coupler to which a syringe body can be connected. An inlet of a first manifold element is connected to a first manifold cap having an inlet orifice. A second manifold cap having an outlet orifice is connected to the outlet of the first manifold element or to the outlet of a second manifold element. The manifold barrel can include a barrel inlet that is offset from a barrel outlet.
US09468691B2
The present invention discloses biocompatible, stable curcumin or its derivatives coated ultra-small super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (USPION) for biomedical applications. Disclosed herein is also a simple one-pot process for the synthesis of biocompatible, stable curcumin or its derivatives coated ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in absence of a linker or binder. The curcumin or its derivatives coated ultra-small super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles of the present invention retains the medicinal, radical scavenging and fluorescence properties of curcumin.
US09468685B2
Provided are pharmaceutical liquid formulations of G-CSF, which are stable over a long time period and substantially free of excipients, as well as ready-to-use syringes containing such formulations and corresponding kits.
US09468684B2
The present disclosure relates to a hydrogel composition and methods of using the same. The hydrogel composition may include precursors that react with each other upon contact as well as precursors that react upon contact with an initiator. In embodiments, the resulting hydrogels may have varying levels of crosslinking with both denser and less dense regions.
US09468682B2
According to this invention, compositions and methods for increasing the extent of penetration of a biologically active substance into the tissues and organs are proposed, the methods comprising administration of the biologically active substance in combination with one or more chaotropic agents, e.g., ammonium sulfate.
US09468678B2
The present disclosure provides isolated binding molecules that bind to human 4-1BB, nucleic acid molecules encoding an amino acid sequence of the binding molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells containing the vectors, methods of making the binding molecules, pharmaceutical compositions containing the binding molecules, and methods of using the binding molecules or compositions.
US09468672B2
The present disclosure provides (a) isolated immunogenic PAA polypeptides; (b) isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding immunogenic PAA polypeptides; (c) vaccine compositions comprising an immunogenic PAA polypeptide or an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an immunogenic PAA polypeptide; (d) methods relating to uses of the polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules, and compositions; and (e) vaccine-based immunotherapy regimens which involve co-administration of a vaccine in combination with an immune-suppressive-cell inhibitor and an immune-effector-cell enhancer.
US09468665B1
Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), in the form of a preparation to be administered over ocular surface, is suggested as being suitable for therapy and/or prophylaxis of intraocular tissue pathologies, with particular reference to sclera, ciliary body, crystalline lens, retina, optic nerve, vitreous body and choroidea affections. When administered in the form of external ophthalmic preparation, for example as collyrium or ointment, NGF is capable to go through ocular tissues and it has been found out that it shows a therapeutic activity not only against retina and optic nerve pathologies but also against affections involving the above reported internal structures of the eye.
US09468664B2
Provided herein are liquid concentrate formulations of romidepsin. Also provided are methods for producing these formulations and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the formulation comprises romidepsin, polyethylene glycol, etanol and a citrate buffer. In another embodiment, the formulation comprises romidepsin, polyethylene glycol, etanol and an acetate buffer.
US09468659B2
Compositions and uses thereof include an admixture of a probiotic and natural phytochemicals that can affect an individual's stem cells and the inflammatory process to reduce underlying symptoms of various health issues, including arthritis, aging, and physical or athletic injuries, thereby facilitating healing and repair of tissues.
US09468657B2
This invention provides an effective means or method for improving lipid metabolism, and a means or method for treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the lipid metabolism disorder. Specifically, this invention relates to an agent for improving the lipid metabolism comprising, as active ingredients, broken cells of a lactic acid bacterium, and to a method for enhancing an effect of a lactic acid bacterium for improving the lipid metabolism comprising a step of breaking the lactic acid bacterium.
US09468652B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a dental gel formulation for protecting a user's teeth and gums from acid resulting from acid reflux disease or bacterial plaque. The dental gel may include a gel carrier and a treatment ingredient, the treatment ingredient being a member selected from the group consisting of an antibacterial ingredient, an acid neutralizing ingredient, a vitamin, a mineral ingredient, a probiotic, natural extracts and oils, and medication. In some embodiments, the gel carrier may be a poloxamer 407 gel, and the treatment ingredients may include sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, xylitol, and optionally melatonin.
US09468648B2
Naturally occurring lecithins and/or oleic acid stimulate the growth and lactic acid producing activity of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species of probiotic bacteria, and replace polysorbate 80 for those products. They can be used in naturally occurring form, or where they are to be combined with probiotics in a carrier, or they can be treated to yield a stable powdered form of these naturally oily compounds. They can be sold as combined prebiotic/probiotic formulations in the same carrier, or sold as separate dietary supplements, e.g., in capsule or tablet form, to be used with the probiotic formulation as desired.
US09468646B2
The invention is based on the finding that an increased daily dose of Efavirenz should be used for the treatment of cancer compared to the daily dose used in the treatment of AIDS. The invention thus relates to the use of Efavirenz for preparing a medicament intended for the treatment of cancer, wherein Efavirenz is administered at a dose generating an Efavirenz plasma concentration in said patient superior to 3000 ng/ml. It further relates to the use of Efavirenz for preparing a medicament intended for the treatment of cancer, wherein Efavirenz is administered at a daily dose of at least 1800 mg, in particular between 1800 and 2200 mg. It also relates to the use of Efavirenz for preparing a medicament intended for the treatment of cancer, in which the daily dose of Efavirenz is optimized after administration of a preliminary daily dose and measure or Efavirenz plasma concentration. It also relates to a unique dosage form of Efavirenz, comprising Efavirenz in an amount generating an Efavirenz plasma concentration in said patient superior to 3000 ng/ml, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US09468625B2
The invention provides organonitro thioether compounds, compositions containing such compounds, isolated organonitro thioether compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat cancer in a patient. Exemplary organonitro thioether compounds described herein include 2-(3,3-dinitroazetidin-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl thioethers and variants thereof.
US09468614B2
A method of moisturizing while decolonizing mammalian tissue, comprising applying a multi-valent cationic antiseptic composition to the tissue, and applying a moisturizer composition to at least a portion of the same tissue is provided. An oral care kit comprising a composition comprising the multi-valent cationic antiseptic and the moisturizer composition, and a method of moisturizing oral tissue of a patient requiring intubation using the moisturizer composition and an endotracheal tube coated or impregnated with a cationic antiseptic are also provided.
US09468608B2
The preparation method of radiation-sensitive copolymer carrier for coating radiated nanoparticles and/or chemotherapy drugs includes forming a nanosphere by diselenide block copolymers and DSPE-PEG-biomarkers to coat chemotherapy drugs and/or radiated nanoparticles that can be released from the opened nanosphere by protons penetrating tissue during proton therapy. The treatment effect of proton therapy is enhanced by two ways of using the radiated nanoparticles released from an opened nanosphere to produce nuclear fission with the protons for releasing electrons to destroy cancer cells of tumor and the chemotherapy drugs released from the opened nanosphere for distributing among tissue to kill the cancer cells of the tumor.
US09468607B2
The present invention provides nanoparticles, methods of making the nanoparticles, and methods of using the nanoparticles to deliver therapeutic agents and/or imaging agents.
US09468600B2
The present invention is directed to compositions and processes for their use that allow for the delivery of physiologically active agents, using a unique composition containing glycerin and triglycerides in the proper ratio. The composition functions by acting both as a humectant and occlusive agent attracting water, returning the skin surface to a smooth state and holding water and physiologically active agents in place. The presence of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic components of the current invention solubilize the physiologically actives into the complex matrix, keeping the actives on the skin and allowing them to penetrate the skin over time, thus delivering the actives to the blood stream.
US09468597B1
An aqueous topical serum having stabilized bioactive L-ascorbic acid has a pH of from 3.4 to 3.8 and comprises from 10% to 18% by weight of L(+)-ascorbic acid, 0.2% by weight retinyl propionate, and from 0.005% to 0.5% by weight of a mixture selected from the group consisting of glabridin, silibinin and thyme.
US09468592B2
Described herein are toothpaste compositions comprising an orally acceptable vehicle; calcium carbonate; and a binder system comprising guar gum and at least one cellulose polymer.
US09468578B2
An orthosis configured to stretch tissue around a foot and a toe of a wearer is provided. The orthosis includes a first member affixable to the foot and including a first extension member and a second member operatively connected to the first extension member and affixable to the toe, the second member including a second extension member having an arcuate shape.
US09468572B2
Various embodiments of an electric wheelchair or other type of motorized conveyance having an adjustable canopy are disclosed. The electric wheelchair includes a motorized chair coupled to the adjustable canopy with a support structure that allows an individual to manually adjust the orientation and/or configuration of the adjustable canopy. The support structure includes a tubing arrangement consisting of plurality of smaller-diameter tubes secured to a respective one of a plurality of larger-diameter tubes, which are coupled together by a collar. Each collar defines a channel configured to receive a smaller-diameter tube and a larger-diameter tube in telescopic relation to each other. In addition, each collar defines a middle portion formed between a first side portion and a second side portion that form respective first and second slots with the middle portion. The channel defines a first smaller passage in communication with a second larger passage in which the first smaller passage is configured to receive the smaller-diameter tube and the second larger passage is configured to receive the larger-diameter tube when coupling the two tubes together. In some embodiments, the adjustable canopy includes a solar panel arrangement that generates energy to charge the battery of the motorized chair and may be reoriented or reconfigured when the adjustable canopy is adjusted.
US09468570B2
The present invention is a device and method for manufacturing such a device which is a significant and non-obvious improvement over previous methods of removing plaster or fiberglass casts used for medical treatment. Current cast saw blades create enough heat through friction to burn patients upon the removal of a plaster of fiberglass cast. This device is an improved cast saw blade design which substantially reduces the risk of thermal burns to patients during the process of removing plaster or fiberglass medical casts. The present invention includes a saw blade design which inhibits a rise in the surface temperature of the cast saw blade during use by using a core material (i.e., Gallium) within the blade, the core material having a lower melting temperature than the blade material, as a heat sink.
US09468561B2
A medical dressing is used to dress and treat skin wounds such as burns, cuts or traumatic injuries, and a method for making the same. The medical dressing includes an auxiliary release paper which makes it convenient to separate a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet from a release paper and is very easily separated from the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet after application to a wound site, thus improving the convenience of use of the dressing, and prevents the contamination of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet in the process of either separating the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet from the release paper or separating the auxiliary release paper, thus preventing the secondary bacterial infection of a wound site, and is not exposed to the outside so that the dressing has an improved appearance and is convenient to carry and store.
US09468553B2
An orthopedic device includes a posterior shell with ankle and foot receiving portions, and first and second wing portions forming an opening over a dorsal aspect of the posterior shell. A dorsal shell is contoured to substantially correspond to the opening of the posterior shell. The dorsal shell includes a proximal member and a distal member hingedly connected to the proximal member via a hinge mechanism. A pump assembly receiving opening is defined in the proximal member of the dorsal shell and a raised portion extends longitudinally along an exterior surface of the dorsal shell. A plurality of clearance holes are defined in the first and second wing portions. An inflatable bladder is disposed at least in the ankle receiving portion of the posterior shell. A pump assembly is inserted through the pump assembly receiving opening and is in fluid communication with the inflatable bladder.
US09468526B2
Mitral valve prolapse and mitral regurgitation can be treating by implanting in the mitral annulus a transvalvular intraannular band. The band has a first end, a first anchoring portion located proximate the first end, a second end, a second anchoring portion located proximate the second end, and a central portion. The central portion is positioned so that it extends transversely across a coaptive edge formed by the closure of the mitral valve leaflets. The band may be implanted via translumenal access or via thoracotomy.
US09468523B2
An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) comprising an optic, and at least one haptic plate coupled to the optic by at least one connector, the connector being less rigid than the haptic plate, the at least one haptic plate surrounding the optic, and the optic and haptic plate having a combined surface area between 70 mm2 and 100 mm2. The at least one haptic plate may form a continuous 360-degree boundary around the optic. The at least one haptic plate has a width in a radial dimension of 1.0-3.5 mm across its entire angular extent.
US09468521B2
Methods for breast reconstruction and augmentation are provided which may reduce the incidence of capsular contracture. Methods for treating an encapsulated breast and reducing potential for capsular contracture in the breast are also provided.
US09468505B2
A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.
US09468501B2
Devices, systems, and methods for providing commanded movement of an end effector of a manipulator while providing a desired movement of one or more joints of the manipulator. Methods include calculating weighted joint velocities using a weighting matrix within the joint space to anisotropically emphasize joint movement within a null-space to provide the desired movement of a first set of joints. Methods may include calculating joint velocities that achieve the desired end effector movement using a pseudo-inverse solution and adjusting the calculated joint velocities using a potential function gradient within the joint space corresponding to the desired movement of the first set of joints. Methods may include use of a weighted pseudo-inverse solution and also an augmented Jacobian solution. One or more auxiliary movements may also be provided using joint velocities calculated from the pseudo-inverse solution. Various configurations for systems utilizing such methods are provided herein.
US09468499B2
Devices and methods for cooling microwave antennas are disclosed herein. The cooling systems can be used with various types of microwave antennas. One variation generally comprises a handle portion with an elongate outer jacket extending from the handle portion. A microwave antenna is positioned within the handle and outer jacket such that cooling fluid pumped into the handle comes into contact directly along a portion of the length, or a majority of the length, or the entire length of the antenna to allow for direct convective cooling. Other variations include cooling sheaths which form defined cooling channels around a portion of the antenna. Yet another variation includes passively-cooled systems which utilize expandable balloons to urge tissue away from the surface of the microwave antenna as well as cooling sheaths which are cooled through endothermic chemical reactions. Furthermore, the microwave antennas themselves can have cooling lumens integrated directly therethrough.
US09468496B2
A steerable catheter system is provided including an elongated shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and an outer surface. The outer surface includes at least one cavity configured to facilitate movement of the distal end relative to the proximal end so as to steer the elongated shaft. A catheter tip is attached to the distal end of the shaft. The catheter tip comprises a curved body having at least one RF cutting edge and at least one non-cutting area recessed from the at least one cutting edge.
US09468494B2
A catheter for ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends. An electrode assembly is provided at the distal end of the catheter body. The electrode assembly including a porous electrode arrangement that is generally transverse to the catheter body. The porous electrode arrangement comprises one or more electrodes electrically connected to a suitable energy source and a porous sleeve mounted in surrounding relation to the one or more electrodes and defining an open space between the porous sleeve and the one more electrodes. One or more irrigation openings fluidly connect the open space to a lumen extending through the catheter through which fluid can pass. In use, fluid passes through the lumen in the catheter, through the one or more irrigation openings, into the open space and through the porous sleeve.
US09468493B2
Three types of internal cooling mechanisms for cooling one or more electrodes of a surface tissue desiccation device are described. Each cooling mechanism is closed-ended thereby preventing the cooling fluid from being dispensed from an electrosurgical handset of the device and onto the surgical site. The cooling fluid re-circulates in a conduit or lumen assembly between a fluid source, such as a fluid reservoir, and the electrode(s) at a distal end of the electrosurgical handset. A method is also provided for performing an electrosurgical procedure using the surface tissue desiccation device. The method includes activating an energy source; causing one or more electrodes to heat tissue; and internally cooling at least a portion of the at least one electrode(s) via an internal cooling mechanism. The internal cooling mechanism keeps the electrode(s) in a cooled state during the electrosurgical procedure, such as surface tissue desiccation.
US09468484B2
A fluid purging system has a spring-energized relief valve having an inlet port that is coupled to a fluid chamber to receive incoming fluid, and an outlet port through which incoming fluid is relieved. The outlet port is fluidly coupled to a pressurized chamber. The fluid purging system also includes an electro-mechanical pressure switch, and an electrically operated solenoid valve which functions as a pressure exhaust valve. The pressure switch and the solenoid valve are in fluid communication with the pressurized chamber.
US09468480B2
A method for early stabilizing of distracted connective tissue. A distraction site is at least partially covered with biodegradable, bioerodible or bioresorbable materials before a distraction procedure takes place. Distraction is performed on a connective tissue at the distraction site. The distracted connective tissue is stabilized using the biodegradable, bioerodible or bioresorbable materials.
US09468471B2
Systems, devices, and associated methods for correcting and stabilizing spinal column deformities that promote ease of use and surgical technique, help minimize attachment anchor sites, facilitate use of straight or contoured rods, and/or help promote a more natural, physiologic motion of the spinal column during and/or after correction.
US09468467B2
A bone support apparatus includes a first bone connector with a first bone cradle insert configured to contact a patient's bone and constructed of a resilient material, a second bone connector configured to contact a patient's bone, and an adjustable rod assembly having a first end connected to the first bone connector and a second end connected to the second bone connector. The adjustable rod assembly has a first elongated member, a second elongated member, and an expansion member with a first end adjustably connected to the first elongated member and a second end adjustably connected to the second elongated member. The distance between the first bone connector and the second bone connector is adjustable by moving at least one of the first end and the second end relative to the first and second elongated member.
US09468466B1
Pathology of the human spine can arise from excessive and/or uneven loading of regions within the spinal vertebrae and the intervertebral disc. Methods and apparatus are disclosed that enable displacement of soft tissue around the spine in a less invasive manner, thereby altering the mechanical load distribution within the spine to achieve a therapeutic effect.
US09468462B2
A system may include a catheter and a support cannula within the catheter. The catheter may include a tapered tip and a body extending proximally therefrom. The catheter tip may have a smaller inner diameter than the catheter body. The support cannula may include a tip disposed within the catheter tip such that the support cannula tip does not extend distally beyond the catheter distal end and a support segment extending proximally from the support cannula tip and disposed within the catheter body such that the catheter body remains in a non-stretched configuration. An outer diameter of the cannula tip may correspond to the inner diameter of the catheter tip. An outer diameter of the support segment may correspond to the inner diameter of the catheter body. The support segment may extend proximally to at least a proximal end of a perforated segment of the catheter body.
US09468460B2
The present invention regards a guiding tool for neurosurgery. The guiding tool comprises subunits and a holder. The subunits are arranged in the holder so that holes for guiding a probe are created in the interface between said subunits, which allows easy release of the probe. The invention further regards a system for guiding neurosurgery probes.
US09468452B2
A specimen retrieval device is provided. The specimen retrieval device includes an applicator. A specimen retrieval pouch operably is disposed within the applicator and deployable therefrom. The specimen retrieval pouch defines a longitudinal axis therethrough and includes a closed bottom portion and an open upper portion. The closed bottom portion includes a plurality of spikes configured to grasp a specimen positioned within the confines closed bottom portion. The upper closed portion includes one or more axial folds that are movable from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration when a predetermined force is applied to a portion of the specimen retrieval pouch.
US09468451B2
A distal end portion 2B of the core has a structure of a combined truncated cone 26 formed by connecting truncated cones satisfying a predetermined relational expression. An outer diameter ratio between the maximum outer diameter and the minimum outer diameter of the combined truncated cone 26 is greater than the outer diameter ratio between a large diameter proximal portion and a small diameter distal portion of an inner coil 4, and is greater than the outer diameter ratio between a large diameter proximal portion and a small diameter distal portion of the outer coil. Because of this, the rotation angle of the proximal side is reduced when rotation operation is performed and the torsional moment toward the distal end side is increased. Thus, the perforation performance at the completely occluded lesion can be improved.
US09468449B2
An acromioclavicular joint guide for forming multiple drill tunnels spaced apart by a predetermined distance employs two drill guides in a pivoting arrangement allowing one drill guide to pivot around the axis of the other. The drill guides are each disposed in a respective sleeve of a pivot block for insertion toward the surgical member along nonintersecting axes defined by the sleeve. An elongated arm attaches to the pivot block at a proximate end and has a aimer point at a distal end, in which the arm may extend around the surgical member via an inverted portion or bend such that the aimer point is on the insertion axis of the primary drill guide. In this manner the aimer point locates an exit of the hole from the insertion point defined by the primary drill guide, and the pivotal drill guide defines a second tunnel at the predetermined distance.
US09468447B2
A system of limited-use, battery-operated orthopedic power tools, having data collection modules for recording performance characteristics and data analysis modules with algorithms for performing analysis of performance characteristics and providing recommendations for preventative maintenance and repairs.
US09468441B2
A shunt rivet for implementation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US09468440B2
To economically manufacture a surgical clip applicator for U-shaped or V-shaped clips, which allows secure closure of the clips when applied to tissue structures, in particular, also in the case of double-shank or multiple clips, it is proposed that the applicator comprise a handle portion, a shaft adjoining the handle portion, a clip applying tool arranged at the free end of the shaft, and a clip magazine, the applying tool comprising a mouthpiece with tool jaws for holding a clip during the application and a closing device for transferring the tool jaws from an open, idle position to a closed position, and the mouthpiece being made of a plastic material and being held separately from the closing device on the clip applicator.
US09468430B2
The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
US09468424B2
A biopsy device comprises a body, a needle, and a cutter actuation mechanism. The needle extends distally from the body. The cutter actuation mechanism rotates and translates the cutter relative to the body and relative to the needle. The cutter has an overmold presenting a lead screw and a hex portion. The cutter actuation mechanism comprises a first gear disposed about the hex portion of the overmold and a second gear engaged with the lead screw of the overmold by a nut that is integral with the second gear. The cutter actuation mechanism is operable to simultaneously rotate the first gear relative to the body at a first rotational speed and the second gear relative to the body at a second rotational speed. With the lead screw and the nut rotating at different rotational speeds, the lead screw rotates relative to the nut at a third rotational speed.
US09468419B2
An ultrasonic transducer element unit includes a substrate, a first ultrasonic transducer element, and a projecting portion. The substrate includes openings being arranged in an array pattern and a main surface. The first ultrasonic transducer element is configured at a first opening of the openings on the main surface of the substrate and has a first height in a vertical direction from the main surface. The projecting portion is configured not to overlap with the first ultrasonic transducer element in a planar view in a thickness direction of the substrate on the main surface and having a second height which is greater than the first height in the vertical direction.
US09468410B2
An X-ray CT apparatus includes: an X-ray detector in which detecting elements that detect X-rays are arranged in a body-axis direction and a rotation direction; an acquiring unit that acquires signals of the X-rays detected by at least one group of detecting elements which includes a predetermined quantity of detecting elements and in which detecting elements are arranged in at least the rotation direction and that, when reading the signals detected by the detecting elements arranged in the rotation direction from the X-ray detector, sequentially reads the signals at times that vary among the detecting elements arranged in the rotation direction; a correction signal acquiring unit that, in accordance with the signal reading times, acquires correction signals used in a correcting process performed when an image is generated; and an image generating unit that generates the image by applying each correction signal to a corresponding one of the signals.
US09468402B2
A biosensor system comprises a capillary substrate, conductive electrode, and a plurality of nanoparticles having an enzyme deposited thereon formed in a cavity at one end of the capillary substrate. The substrate may have an optional reinforcing layer (which may be conductive or non-conductive) and optional insulating layer thereon. A cannula having an optional conductive layer, insulating layer, and reference electrode may also form part of the system.
US09468393B2
The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system (62) or an optical appliance system (27) provides information concerning whether the conductive fiber bristles are adjacent a tooth surface or gum region. The impedance system uses an electrical signal through the fiber to determine the impedance of a circuit which includes the tooth or gum surface, the impedance being different, depending on whether a tooth or gum surface is in the circuit. The optical system generates a light beam which is directed to the mouth surface through a conductive fiber, the color of the returning light indicating whether the surface is a tooth or gum region. If a tooth is determined, the teeth whitening substance is activated at that bristle, while if gum tissue is determined, the teeth whitening substance is not activated at that bristle.
US09468392B2
Techniques for determining paced cardiac depolarization waveform morphological templates are described. For example, an implantable medical device (IMD) may sense a cardiac electrogram of a heart, identify cardiac depolarizations within the cardiac electrogram, and determine that the cardiac depolarizations are paced cardiac depolarizations resulting from delivery of a pacing pulse to the heart by another IMD without detecting the pacing pulse and without communicating with the other IMD. The IMD may identify paced cardiac depolarization waveforms of the paced cardiac depolarizations, determine a paced cardiac depolarization waveform morphological template based on the identified paced cardiac depolarization waveforms, determine a normal cardiac depolarization waveform morphological template based on the paced cardiac depolarization waveform morphological template, and compare the normal cardiac depolarization waveform morphological template to subsequent cardiac depolarization waveforms. The IMD may detect a cardiac tachyarrhythmia based on the above comparison.
US09468391B2
A method for graphical representation of a train of ECG complexes having an R wave and a T-P interval and having variable isoelectric baselines. The method involves aligning the complexes in terms of signal amplitude by obtaining a baseline, thereby to provide a graphical representation of said train of ECG complexes; and aligning said complexes temporally using corresponding predetermined points.
US09468377B2
The present invention essentially consists of an integrated system that allows acquisition and quantitative analysis of high-resolution images of the retina. The integrated system includes an optical device and a software app. The optical device is a smartphone-adapted lens for acquisition of high-resolution images of the retina. The software app is a smartphone app for quantitative analysis of the retinal images acquired through the hardware component of the device. The computation is carried out by means of cloud-based technologies. Quantitative indices of retinal damage are obtained. These indices are proven for being relevant for both clinical and research purposes.
US09468370B1
An instrument for measuring near point of convergence (NPC) and/or near point of accommodation (NPA) is disclosed herein. The instrument includes at least one visual target disposed on or in the instrument, the at least one visual target viewable by a subject that is facing the instrument; a distance measuring device configured to emit one or more output signals that are representative of a distance between a surface of the instrument and a body surface of the subject spaced apart from the surface of the instrument; and a processing device operatively coupled to the distance measuring device, the processing device configured to receive the one or more output signals that are output by the distance measuring device and to calculate the distance between the surface of the instrument and the body surface of the subject spaced apart from the surface of the instrument using the one or more output signals.
US09468365B2
A compact light source includes an LED for supplying light and an optical element that receives and transmits the light. The LED is disposed in an insulation housing to insulate the LED, which has a surface that conducts the heat it generates. A heat sink is coupled to the LED adjacent the conductive surface, and a thermal compound is sandwiched in between the heat sink and conductive surface in order to channel and dissipate the heat generated by the LED without heating up any surrounding structures. In some embodiments, the optical element is part of a collimator coupled to the insulation housing and is a doublet or plano convex lens.
US09468355B2
An automatic dishwasher includes a wash tub, a condensation dryer, and a heat pump device. The wash tub includes a washing compartment, the condensation dryer is adapted to supply outside air to a washtub wall, and the heat pump device is adapted to heat washing liquid. The heat pump device and the condensation dryer have a common fan.
US09468353B2
A mopping system incorporating a multi-use absorptive storage reservoir of fluid retaining material for retention and pressure-induced expulsion of treatment solution to a surface being treated in combination with an independently removable cleaning pad of fibrous construction. The storage reservoir and cleaning pad are adapted to releaseably engage one another in juxtaposed relation such that the cleaning pad may be readily replaced during a treatment operation.
US09468345B2
A dust collector having a hose clamp, comprising a dust collection power head, a dust bucket and a hose; wherein the dust collection power head is arranged on the dust bucket, one end of the hose is in communication with the dust bucket; and the dust collector further comprises a hose clamp which is comprised of a first baffle, a second baffle and an elastic resetting member; at least one of the first baffle and the second baffle is a rotatable baffle, and a resetting force generated by the elastic resetting member acts on the rotatable baffle. Due to action of a torsional spring, the first and second baffles can always clamp the hose tightly while accommodating the hose. When the operator takes the hose down, the second baffle can be opened automatically to a certain angle along with the operator's action, so the hose can be taken out.
US09468344B2
The present invention provides a wet suction attachment with which a dry-type vacuum cleaner can be easily modified so as to function as a wet-type vacuum cleaner. A wet-type suction attachment according to the present invention is provided with: a sewage tank (1) having a circular peripheral surface in a horizontal cross section; a solution or cleaning fluid tank (2) provided below the sewage tank (1); a suction head (3) in which both a suction opening (f1) and an outflow opening (f2) are provided; an extension tube (13) which anteriorly extends from the solution tank (1), and which has one end thereof communicating with the suction opening (f1) in the suction head (3), and another end thereof opening to the inside of the solution tank (1); a solution passage (15) for guiding the solution in the solution tank (2) to the outflow opening in the suction head (3); a separation processing unit (5) equipped with a fan (9b) which is provided to a lid (1c) for covering an upper space of the waste water tank (1), and which is rotated by suction air, said separation processing unit wherein, on the one hand, a dish body (9a) which protrudes in the sewage tank (1) as a result of rotary force rotates to cause air sucked into the sewage tank (1) from the suction opening (f1) to flow into the fan (9b) via slits (b2) in the dish body (9a), and, on the other hand, the solution mixed with dirt and sucked into the sewage tank (1) from the suction opening (f1) is scattered by centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the dish body (9a) so as to be made to pass through the slits (b2), and is stored in the waste water tank (1); a gripper (6) which is positioned horizontally between the solution tank (2) and the separation processing unit (5), which is uprightly fixed to the sewage tank (1) with a space therebetween, and which has a duct provided vertically therein; an outlet tube (19) which has, connected thereto, an upper side of the duct in the holding unit (6), and into which air flowing into the fan (9b) of the separation processing unit (5) is sucked; and a coupling end (22) which connects a lower side of the duct in the gripper (6) to an air hose of a dry-type vacuum cleaner (101) such that the orientation of the duct is changed to a horizontal direction.
US09468326B2
A collapsible hanger apparatus and methods using the collapsible hanger apparatus, having both a folded and unfolded configuration, comprising a central body having a suspension member, a first lower extending portion, a second lower extending portion, and a tongue adjacent to the suspension member, the first extending portion and the second extending portion. Said hanger apparatus further comprising a first shoulder pivotally attached to the first lower extending portion of the central body at a first end of the first shoulder, a second shoulder pivotally attached to the second lower extending portion of the central body at a first end of the second shoulder and a crossbar hinge formed by pivotally connecting the first shoulder at a second end to the second shoulder at a second end, wherein the crossbar hinge forms a groove configured to mate with the tongue of the central body.
US09468324B1
A space saving plate with an integrated napkin dispenser which allows a multitude of patrons to easily share food items at a table. The apparatus includes a napkin dispenser, a holding platform, and a rotation mechanism. The napkin dispenser retains and provides easy access to napkins. The holding platform is a flat vessel, which supports food items, dishes, and other devices that may contain food items. The holding platform is positioned parallel and adjacent to a top surface of the napkin dispenser. The rotation mechanism comprises a stator and rotor, and is positioned in between the napkin dispenser and the holding platform. The stator is adjacently connected to the top surface. The rotor is adjacently connected to the holding platform. The holding platform is concentrically aligned with a rotation axis of the rotation mechanism. The rotor is rotatably engaged to the stator to allow the holding platform to rotate.
US09468318B2
A machine has a frame on which is mounted a conveyor mechanism including two vertically spaced belts between which the spacing is provided to allow a pillow to travel between the belts. To each side of the conveyor belt, a beater is provided. The beaters are rotatably mounted on the frame about shafts defining their axes of rotation. The two beaters rotate in opposite directions and include peripheries defined by two opposed elongated bars substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the beater. A pillow is fed between the conveyor belts and as it traverses the location where the beater mechanism is located, the beaters sequentially strike the pillow on each side simultaneously to beat the pillow casing and the fiber within, therefore efficiently distributing the fiber fill throughout the pillow casing, removing and lumping, uneven spots, empty areas, and causing the pillow to become more lofty, softer, and completely filled out.
US09468312B2
A display fixture includes a display structure having at least two uprights and at least one cross bar that spans between the at least two uprights. At least one shelf is mounted on the at least one cross bar and includes a deck, a pair of side panels each located on opposing sides of the deck and each having a slot and an elongated channel extending between the pair of slots in the pair of side panels. Each slot is separated from a back edge of each side panel. The channel is defined by a front that extends between front edges of the pair of slots, a back that extends between back edges of the pair of slots and a top that extends between upper edges of the pair of slots. The pair of slots and the channel engage with the cross bar.
US09468308B2
A springless, double ended elastic fabric tensioner including at least two gripping members, each having a first jaw and a second jaw biased together at a first pivot point and a second pivot point wherein the first and second pivot points are set apart from each other. A compression activation site is positioned in between the first and second pivot points for activating the first and second jaws from a closed position to an open position. The fabric tensioner further includes a tensioning elastomeric member having a first end and second end and providing sufficient tension between the gripping members whereby each gripping member removably engages either the first or second ends of the elastomeric member.
US09468297B2
First and second U-shaped cross-members each include a front portion, a rear portion, and a cross bar connecting the front portion to the rear portion. The front and rear portions of the cross-members are pivotally connected with each other at central portions thereof. Left and right frame side assemblies are pivotally connected to the cross-members and have lateral portions that extend generally parallel the cross bars of the cross-members. The cross-members are mutually movable from a generally X-shaped setup condition in which the cross bars of the cross-members are transversely spaced apart from one another and the lateral portions of the left and right frame side assemblies also are transversely spaced apart from one another, to a generally flat collapsed condition in which the left and right frame side assemblies are nested within an envelope defined by the collapsed cross-members.
US09468292B2
A shelving connector for coupling an auxiliary shelf within a shelving system includes a coupling sleeve, a support rod, and a bridge member. The coupling sleeve defines and extends between a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end and defines a sleeve exterior surface and a sleeve interior cavity. The sleeve interior cavity is open at each of the first sleeve end and the second sleeve end. The support rod defines a rod exterior surface. The center axis of the coupling sleeve and a center axis of the support rod are positioned to extend substantially parallel to each other. The bridge member is secured to the sleeve exterior surface and the rod exterior surface to statically hold the support rod in a position laterally spaced from and vertically offset from the coupling sleeve.
US09468282B2
An applicator assembly comprising a receptacle for a cosmetic product and an applicator sub-assembly, the applicator sub-assembly comprising an applicator and a rod, the applicator comprising a core having a first end capable of being attached to said rod, and a second, free end, said receptacle comprising a wiper for wiping some of the product on the rod and/or the applicator, the core being designed to brush past the wiper in a plurality of distinct regions.
US09468268B2
A wearable electronic device including a base, a body, two linking assemblies, and a wearable element is provided. The base has a carrier and two pivoting portions located at two opposite sides of the carrier, wherein each of the pivoting portions has two first contact points disposed opposite to each other and two second contact points disposed opposite to each other. The body is disposed on the carrier. The wearable element has two opposite end portions, wherein each of the linking assemblies passes through the corresponding end portion and each of the end portions of the wearable element is coupled to the two first contact points of the corresponding pivoting portion through the corresponding linking assembly. When the base is subjected to an external force, at least one of the linking assemblies moves from the two first contact points to the two second contact points of the corresponding pivoting portion.
US09468267B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a cap for beaded jewelry, wherein the cap grips around the jewelry without requiring an adhesive or holes to be drilled in the jewelry and provides a mechanism for the jewelry to be attached to a chain. The cap may include a hollow tube configured to accommodate a section of a piece of jewelry and a bezel wire comprising bezel wire prongs attached to a surface of the hollow tube proximate to a tube opening such that the bezel wire prongs extend past the tube opening and away from the top plate, wherein the bezel wire prongs are configured to crimp around the beads of the jewelry, securing the cap to the jewelry. The hollow tube may have a loop extending therefrom allowing the cap to be connected to a jewelry chain or adjacent cap.
US09468258B2
A footwear construction and related method of manufacture are provided. The footwear can include an upper with a closed liner disposed in an interior of the upper, a flexible Strobel board closing the bottom of the upper and an outsole joined with the upper. The method can include providing an upper having a liner secured thereto, closing an open bottom of the liner with a bottom closure without closing an open bottom of the upper, Strobel stitching a flexible Strobel board to the upper to close the upper bottom, placing the upper with the lining and Strobel board secured thereto on a last and joining an outsole with the upper. The liner bottom closure and Strobel board can be of a thickness and flexibility so that a wearer can perceive movement of the outsole underfoot. Accordingly, the footwear can provide enhanced proprioceptive feedback from a surface being traversed.
US09468257B2
An article of footwear includes an upper; a midsole positioned beneath the upper and including a plurality of support members, at least one support member being formed of a lower portion formed of a first material, and an upper portion positioned above the lower portion and formed of a second material, the second material having a higher resiliency than that of the first material.
US09468247B2
A mortar board display holder comprises a board clip portion, a display supporter portion, and a connecting portion joining the board clip portion and the display supporter portion. The board clip portion has a flat upper prong having a first plane, a flat lower prong having a second plane, and a spacing member that holds the upper prong fixably spaced from the lower prong such that the second plane is substantially parallel to the first plane. The display supporter portion has a flat first leg having a third plane, a flat second leg having a fourth plane, and a holding member that holds the first leg and the second leg such that the third plane is substantially parallel to the fourth plane. The display supporter portion may further comprise a neck adjacent to and connected to the holding member, and an elongated arm adjacent to and connected to the neck. The neck may be straight or curved. The connecting portion may involve the elongated arm on the display supporter portion engaging with the board clip portion.
US09468244B2
A buckle-free or buckleless belt is disclosed. According to various configurations, the belt can be lightweight, low profile, and highly durable. By anchoring to the wearer's clothing, the belt can resist shifting during movement. The belt is comfortable to wear regardless of the position of the wearer, and also does not impede movement or catch on other gear or equipment. In use, the belt anchors to the wearer's clothing near the wearer's hip. The belt passes under all loops and circles around the front of the body. The belt anchors to the wearer's clothing near the front of the wearer's body.
US09468236B1
An inflatable bra having a bladder in each cup, and a switchable valve built into the bra for allowing the bladders to be inflated one at a time, or together. A separate handheld pump can be connected to the switchable valve for inflating each bladder, or deflating each bladder. A control band is attached under each bra cup and spans the gore of the bra to maintain the bra cups from spreading apart, and a mesh material provides a stiffening agent in each bra cup to counteract bulging of the bra at the locations of the bladders.
US09468235B2
The invention relates to a lower body garment comprising pants (1) with a knitted elastic base engaging with a network of rows of resin (7) applied to one surface of the elastic knit which forms the base of the pants, on the front and/or rear of the pants, characterized in that a knitted elastic lining (20) which is lighter than the base knit (5, 6) is provided in order to be applied freely to said surface of the base knit (5, 6) at least on said network of rows of resin (7).
US09468233B2
A smokeless tobacco system includes a container including a plurality of preformed smokeless tobacco products configured to generally retain their shape and integrity. One or more of the preformed smokeless tobacco products are compressed between a lid and a base of the container to hinder movement of the one or more preformed smokeless tobacco products within the container. Each preformed smokeless tobacco product can include a moist smokeless tobacco in combination with a selected binder such that the final product is configured to have material properties providing improved handling, an improved mouth feel, and a satisfying flavor profile. A method of forming and packaging the preformed smokeless tobacco products includes depositing shaped smokeless tobacco bodies into the container and closing the container prior to a relaxation of the shaped smokeless tobacco bodies into preformed smokeless tobacco products.
US09468232B2
A cigarillo splitter operable to create a row of apertures in the external wrap of a cigarillo in order to facilitate the splitting of the external wrap. The cigarillo splitter further includes a first plate member and a second plate member that are rectangular in shape and of the same size. The first plate member and second plate member are hingedly attached wherein the first plate member has a first position and a second position. The first plate member includes a plurality of pins oriented in a row extending the length of the first plate member. A groove is formed in the second plate member and is in axial alignment with the plurality of pins. A spacer is secured intermediate the first plate member and second plate member to ensure a parallel orientation when the first plate member is in its second position.
US09468230B2
Techniques are provided for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents. A container is configured for insertion into an apparatus. The container includes a frozen content, a receptacle defining an opening and a cavity for receiving and storing the frozen content, and a closure formed over the opening of the receptacle for sealing the frozen content within the cavity of the receptacle. The receptacle is perforable, and the container is configured for insertion into an apparatus that is configured to create a consumable liquid beverage from the frozen content within the container, such that the frozen content is extracted through a perforation created in the receptacle by the apparatus.
US09468229B2
Provided are methods for treating GLUT1 and related brain energy deficiencies comprising administering odd-carbon fatty acid sources, e.g., C5 or C7 fatty acid sources, and related compositions.
US09468228B2
Provided is a bundle of fresh noodles which become less-wavy, straight noodles when the instant noodles are cooked with hot water, while maintaining an existing manufacturing line as much as possible. The noodle strings are stacked on a conveyor such that adjacent noodle strings are in a non-parallel state and each noodle string bends to have a substantially spiral shape. The plurality of noodle strings are arranged to overlap one another and form a substantially flat bundle of noodle strings. Each of the noodle strings forming fresh noodles bends and repeatedly forms loops on the conveyor. The loops are arranged to be sequentially shifted in a direction opposite a conveyance direction of the conveyor.
US09468224B2
The present invention relates to various polymer compounds and/or formulations and to methods for the synthesis of same. In one embodiment, the present invention is related to polymer compounds and/or formulations that enable one to more easily remove sticky articles (e.g., chewing gum) from various surfaces.
US09468219B1
Techniques and devices are described for preparing a fish fillet. The techniques and devices facilitate the removal of the skin and/or rib bones of the fish from the meat that forms the fillet. In embodiments, the techniques employ a fish skinning device that includes a roller and a blade. The roller is configured to contact the skin included on a fillet so that rotation of the roller causes the fillet to be directed toward the blade. The roller and blade are configured so the skin passes between the roller and blade and is generally separated and directed away from the meat. A blade float assembly permits the blade to float with respect to the blade during use to receive the skin or rib bones of the fish fillet between the roller and the blade.
US09468217B2
A thickness control system for a high speed tortilla sheeting machine can adjust a pinch point gap between a pair of sheeting rollers to maintain a generally uniform thickness of the produced “masa” (i.e., corn dough) sheet. The sheeting machine can include a pinch point gap adjustment device which guides at least one of the rollers through an arcuate path to thereby adjust a magnitude of the pinch point gap. The controller can direct one or more actuators to change the position of the roller along the archive path to thereby change the distance between the two sheeting rollers as desired to produce a masa sheet at the desired preset thickness.
US09468215B2
The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology, and particularly relates to a bionematicide composition broad spectrum action on phytopathogenic nematodes which comprises one or more bacterial strains isolated from Chilean soil belonging to the genus Bacillus, and the method of use of this composition for the protection of plants against nematode attack.
US09468206B2
The present invention relates to liquid agricultural formulations comprising from about 15 to about 40% w/w dicamba diglycol amine, from about 1 to about 15% w/w lactofen, from about 5 to about 40% w/w of a solvent selected from the group consisting of: (1) a solvent comprising dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl succinate, and dimethyl adipate; and (2) a solvent comprising a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons obtained from distillation of aromatic streams derived from crude oil, from about 0.5 to about 5% w/w of a thickener with the chemical formula (Mg,Al)5Si8O20×4H2O, and from about 2 to about 15% w/w of a polyarylphenyl ether sulphate, ammonium salt surfactant, and methods of use thereof.
US09468203B2
Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
US09468197B2
A cooling process for live salmon from breeding cages in the sea, using a cooling mixture consisting of ice and common salt in fresh water that is placed in a cooling tank mounted on a truck for the transport of the fish, wherein the process is constituted by the following steps: a) The input of the fish into the cooling tank, without transferring the seawater in which they were bred, which is at a temperature between −0.7 to −3.9° C. to cause their unconsciousness; and b) The transportation of the fish at this temperature to the slaughter plant. This cooling process for live salmon respects the bioethical norms for achieving the death of fish with reduced suffering after rapidly inducing unconsciousness, allowing the production of high quality products.
US09468195B2
A restraining apparatus for an animal including a combination of a leash and a harness to be used in conjunction with a collar. The restraining apparatus includes a ring defining an opening. A coupling element for fastening to a collar on the animal is mounted to the ring. A substantially rigid arm is mounted to the ring and extends to a free distal end spaced from the ring, with the arm forming a substantially elongated opening with the ring. A leash may be attached to the ring. When the restraining apparatus is applied to the animal as a harness, the coupling element is fastened to the collar, and the leash is wrapped around the torso of the animal, engages the arm at the elongated opening, and may freely slide and tighten around the torso of the animal.
US09468193B2
The described livestock feed retention insert provides a low cost alternative to significantly decrease hay waste during the feeding of live stock. The design of the described livestock feed retention insert allows it to maintain its livestock feed saving properties by fitting snugly over a selected bale of livestock feed, while accommodating conventional livestock feeders of varying diameters. The bottom member of the described livestock feed retention insert is generally the same circumference or diameter as the selected bale of livestock feed. The vertically extending bars are horizontally spaced so that live stock cannot stick their head between the vertically extending bars, which effectively decreases the area livestock are able to pull feed from the insert/conventional feeder combination. At the approximate midpoint of each of the vertically extending bars, a horizontal shelf is formed by bends in the vertical bars, which allows the insert to rest on the top member of the conventional feeder. The upper portion of the insert provides an upper extension to a conventional feeder, which prevents livestock from pulling hay from over the top of the feeder.
US09468191B2
A device for carrying out at least one measurement and for removing milk samples from a milking machine, through which milk can flow and which contains an air separation device, a measurement device, a sample removal device and a channel that is open to the top. The air separation device is designed to separate the milk from air with which the milk is mixed. The measurement device is device and is connected to the air separation device by a first milk outlet opening of the air separation device and designed to carry out one or more measurements with the milk flowing through the device. The sample removal device is designed to supply milk to a sample container.
US09468183B1
A wheat variety designated W050200H1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W050200H1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W050200H1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W050200H1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W050200H1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W050200H1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US09468180B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051028. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051028. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051028 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051028 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09468173B1
A novel maize variety designated X00F905 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00F905 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00F905 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00F905, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00F905. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00F905.
US09468172B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1MJ5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1MJ5 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1MJ5 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1MJ5 or a locus conversion of PH1MJ5 with another maize variety.
US09468156B2
A plant propagation and display tray that is capable of interlocking alignment with at least one other tray and is capable of receiving and holding at least one plant pot is disclosed. The plant propagation and display tray includes a back wall and a bottom ledge forwardly projecting from the back wall. The ledge is inclined towards the back wall and includes a plurality of alternating projections and troughs. Each of the troughs inclines towards a trough point of abutment with the back wall and is of a conformation to securably hold one plant pot such that an open proximal end of the plant pot is exposed to view and a distal end of the plant pot is adjacent to the back wall. Each of the projections has an upper surface which inclines towards a projection point of abutment with the back wall. The projection point of abutment is higher than the trough point of abutment with the back wall. The tray is capable of being attached to a wall surface by the back wall. The back wall is abuttable against a wall surface.
US09468152B1
A method of pruning plants includes generating a first series of images of a plant, identifying a first object displayed in the images as a fruit of the plant, collecting data associated with a state of the fruit, identifying a second object displayed in the images as a suspect plant component of the plant, comparing a parameter of the suspect plant component to a reference parameter associated with plant components to be pruned, in response to determining that the parameter of the suspect plant component sufficiently matches the reference parameter, identifying the suspect plant component as a plant component to be pruned from the plant, advancing an automated pruner toward the plant component, operating the automated pruner to sever the plant component from the plant, and while the automated pruner is operated to sever the plant component, generating a second series of images of one or more additional plants.
US09468151B2
A lawn maintenance device is provided. The lawn maintenance device has a generally planar rail system which is permanently inserted into the ground. The top portion of the rail system remains above ground while the remainder of the rail system is underground. A movable tool having a corresponding groove which aligns with the rail runs along the rail and a blade attached to the movable tool trims the lawn or vegetation. The rail provides a thin section of vegetation which can be easily cut.
US09468141B2
A device for a self-regulated pneumatic supply from a main reservoir containing product toward at least one auxiliary reservoir according to its filling rate, the supply device including a compressed air supply, a tilted duct connected to pipe connections, a bypass air duct having a first channel emerging near the outlet of the main reservoir and a second channel emerging near the inlet of the pipe connections to bring product to the auxiliary reservoir. At least one of the channels includes a sliding system for adjusting a passage section of air passing through one of the channels. The device can be applied to a seeder including such a supply device.
US09468140B2
An agricultural machine with an implement for working a row culture of working rows arranged parallel to one another, interference rows arranged at an angle to the working rows or both includes at least one controllably moveably working section with activatable working devices for working the row culture. The implement has a control unit for controlling the working section and working device relative to a working row and an optical sensor unit connected to the control unit for generating an image of at least part of the row culture, from which a sensor signal (S) is generated for controlling the controllably working section, working device or both. The control unit evaluates a validity of the sensor signal (S) to determine whether the sensor signal (S) is used for controlling the working section or working device based on at least one evaluation parameter.
US09468139B2
An implement hitch is disclosed for a tractor, wherein the hitch is fitted with a mechanism for stabilizing lateral movement of lifting arms of the hitch. The lifting arms are raised and lower by respective hydraulic cylinders. The stabilizing mechanism has a locking pin that is automatically retracted to an unlocked position by means of a flexible linkage when the lifting arms are in a lowered position. In the invention, the opposite end of the flexible linkage from the locking pin is connected to an anchoring point provided on the hydraulic cylinder serving to raise and lower one of the lifting arms.
US09468137B1
A plant extracting assembly includes a fulcrum; a lifting arm subassembly carried by the fulcrum in fixed relation thereto, the lifting arm subassembly having a lifting arm jaw; a kinetic arm subassembly having a kinetic arm jaw disposed in facing relation to the lifting arm jaw of the lifting arm subassembly; and a pivoting lever carried by the lifting arm subassembly and pivotally engaging the kinetic arm subassembly, the lever operable to selectively displace the kinetic arm jaw toward and away from the lifting arm jaw by pivotal actuation of the kinetic arm subassembly responsive to pivoting of the lever relative to the fulcrum.
US09474189B2
An inverter device includes a heat dissipation casing having a principal surface, heat dissipation fins arranged on an opposite side to the principal surface, a first concave portion provided adjacent to a region corresponding to the heat dissipation fins on the principal surface, and a second concave portion provided adjacent to the region corresponding to the heat dissipation fins on the principal surface, a semiconductor module arranged in the region corresponding to the heat dissipation fins on the principal surface and including a diode module and an inverter module, an inrush-current suppression resistor sealed by a sealing material in the first concave portion and electrically connected between the diode module and the inverter module, and a regenerative resistor sealed by the sealing material in the second concave portion and electrically connected between the diode module and the inverter module.
US09474185B2
Configurations of internal components of a welder-generator are provided to improve efficiency of the cooling of the internal components. configurations are provided in which a single fan, such as an engine fan, drives a single airflow path through the welder-generator. Configurations are provided in which a primary engine fan drives a first airflow path and a secondary generator fan drives a second airflow path through the welder-generator. Internal components are thermally aligned such that air circulates first through components with low critical operating temperatures and last through components with higher critical operating temperatures.
US09474182B1
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a first connection base, a second rail and a second connection base. The first rail includes two first sidewalls and a first lateral wall connected between the two first sidewalls. A first passage is defined by the two first sidewalls and the first lateral wall along a first direction. The first connection base is movably connected to the first rail and is movable relative to the first rail between a first position and a second position in the first passage, and configured to connect to a first arm of a cable management device. The second rail is capable of moving relative to the first rail along the first direction. The second connection base is connected to the second rail, and configured to connect to a second arm of the cable management device movably connected to the first arm.
US09474172B2
A ventilation member includes: a first metal body including a flat portion having a first through-hole formed therein; an air-permeable membrane having a first principal surface and a second principal surface and placed on the flat portion of the first metal body so that the first principal surface covers the first through-hole; a second metal body including a flat portion having formed therein a second through-hole separated from the first through-hole by the air-permeable membrane, the second metal body being placed on a second principal surface side of the air-permeable membrane so that passage of air is permitted between the first through-hole and the second through-hole through the air-permeable membrane; and a joint portion fixing the first metal body and the second metal body to each other. The air-permeable membrane has a portion located outwardly of an outer end of the flat portion of the first metal body and an outer end of the flat portion of the second metal body.
US09474170B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle using waterproof type housing sealing and a manufacturing method thereof, in which when a connector cover including a sealing material injection hole formed on a front surface is coupled with a body coupling part, a sealing space is formed along a circumference of an inner surface of each of the coupled coupling parts and a preventive protrusion formed at a body coupling part, and a sealing material is injected through a sealing material injection hole so that a sealing space between the connector cover and a housing body is sealed, thereby improving waterproof performance between the connector cover and the housing body, and simplifying a process by replacing a process of manufacturing and mounting an O-ring in advance with a simple process of injecting the sealing material.
US09474169B2
A display device may include a display module and a back cover positioned in a rear of the display module. The display module may include a display panel that includes a front substrate and a back substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, a film attached to a front surface of the front substrate, and a frame positioned in the rear of the back substrate. The film may include a first part that covers the front surface of the front substrate and a second part that extends from the first part and covers the side of the display module. At least a portion of each of the first part and the second part of the film is exposed.
US09474167B2
Disclosed herein is a multilayered substrate including: a second insulating layer having a fine pattern layer formed on an upper surface thereof; and a third insulating layer having a circuit pattern layer formed on an upper surface thereof and formed of a material different from the second insulating layer, the circuit pattern layer having a pattern pitch larger than that of the fine pattern layer, thereby making it possible to solve a warpage problem and perform refinement and improvement in a degree of integration of an inner wiring.
US09474163B2
In some embodiments, a method for integrated circuit fabrication includes removing oxide material from a surface of a substrate, where the surface includes silicon and germanium. Removing the oxide material includes depositing a halogen-containing pre-clean material on a silicon oxide-containing surface and sublimating a portion of the halogen-containing pre-clean material to expose the silicon on the surface. A passivation film is deposited on the exposed silicon. The passivation film may include chlorine. The passivation film may prevent contamination of the silicon surface by chemical species from the later sublimation, which may be at a higher temperature than the earlier sublimation. Subsequently, a remaining portion of the halogen-containing pre-clean material and the passivation film are sublimated. A target material, such as a conductive material, may subsequently be deposited on the substrate surface.
US09474148B2
A compliant middle member to be used between encapsulated stacked circuit boards contained in an enclosure. The compliant middle member absorbing expansion forces from an encapsulant experiencing thermal expansion, thereby diverting and reducing the expansion forces exerted upon the electrical components.
US09474147B2
Socket for semiconductor component, printed circuit board unit, and information processing apparatus
A disclosed socket for a semiconductor component includes a plate-shaped insulator having a first main surface and a second main surface, where a through hole being formed in the insulator, a terminal inserted in the through hole, the terminal having one end configured to be connected to a signal electrode of the semiconductor component and having another end configured to be connected to a signal electrode of a printed circuit board, and a shield buried in the insulator to surround the terminal from sides of the terminal, the shield including a first contact protruding from the first main surface and configured to be connected to a ground electrode of the semiconductor component, and a second contact protruding from the second main surface and configured to be connected to a ground electrode of the printed circuit board.
US09474146B2
A metal circuit board and a metal base plate are bonded to a ceramic substrate to form a metal-ceramic bonded substrate, then the metal base plate is arranged on one surface of the radiator via a brazing material with the metal base plate overlapping with the one surface of the radiator, a jig having a concave R surface is arranged on another surface of the radiator with the jig butting against the another surface of the radiator, a jig having a convex R surface protruding toward the metal-ceramic bonded substrate is brought into contact with another surface of the metal circuit board, and the metal-ceramic bonded substrate and the radiator are heat-bonded while they are pressurized by the radiator side jig and the metal-ceramic bonded substrate side jig, wherein a curvature radius R (mm) of the convex R surface and the concave R surface is 6500≦R≦surface pressure (N/mm2)×2000+12000.
US09474144B2
A linear accelerator is disclosed, having a series of interconnected cavities through at least some of which an rf signal and an electron beam are sent, comprising at least one variable coupler projecting into the a cavity of the series, a control apparatus adapted to interpret an electrical signal from the coupler and derive diagnostic information as to the electron beam therefrom, wherein the control apparatus is further adapted to vary the interaction of the at least one coupler with the rf signal in dependence on the diagnostic information. Thus, the accelerator properties can be adjusted by encouraging or inciting an Higher-Order Mode (“HOM”) having a desired effect such as bunching and/or deflecting. The coupler could be rotateable, and partially or fully retractable, to allow its influence to be adjusted and/or for it to be removed from service when not needed. Several such probes could be available, approaching the cavity from different directions or at different locations, or approaching different cavities. The coupler can be asymmetric, in order to exert an appropriate influence on the cavity and provoke a useful HOM. For example, it can be elongate with at least one directional deviation, such as a hockey stick. Generally, however, the appropriate shape for the coupler will be dependent on the shape of the cavity with which it is working and the specific HOMs that are to be excited.
US09474139B2
High frequency ballasts are provided herein for ignition control of a ceramic high intensity discharge (HID) lamp. A sensor senses a lamp parameter on the output terminals. A microprocessor is attached to the ignition circuit and the sensor. The ignition circuit is configured by the microprocessor to apply a train of pre-ignition bursts to the electrodes and stop the train of pre-ignition bursts responsive to measurement of the lamp parameter. The measured lamp parameter is indicative of a stable arc at the proximal ends of the capillaries.
US09474127B2
A lighting system for controlling a plurality of light sources includes at least a first and a second light source, the second light source having a color temperature and relative luminous efficiency higher than those of the first light source. Further, the system includes: a driving unit configured to turn on and off each of the light sources; and a control unit configured to transmit a control signal to the driving unit in response to an input signal. In addition, the control unit transmits the control signal to the driving unit, to perform at least one of a fade-in control in which the first light source is turned on prior to the second light source when turning on the light sources and a fade-out control in which the second light source is turned off or is dimmed, prior to the first light source when turning off the light sources.
US09474122B2
A circuit arrangement for operating at least one low-power lighting unit with a phase-cut operating voltage from a power supply is disclosed, which circuit arrangement comprises a serial setup of an input device (6), a two-port power shaping circuit (7, 7′, 7″) and a lamp driver unit (8, 8′, 8″). The power shaping circuit (7, 7′, 7″) comprises at least a bleeder (13) and a damping circuit (14). While the bleeder circuit (13) provides an alternative current path to set a global current, drawn during operation from the power supply to a predefined minimum load current, the damping circuit (14) serves to attenuate high frequency oscillations in said operating voltage. To enhance dimmer compatibility and simultaneously provide a cost-efficient circuit setup, a first and a second feedback circuit (18, 25) is provided, allowing to control the bleeder circuit (13) and the lamp driver unit (8, 8′, 8″) according to a two-point control.
US09474115B2
A dimming circuit is disclosed herein. The dimming circuit includes a control voltage receiving module and a driving module. The control voltage receiving module is configured to output a reference voltage according to a control voltage. The driving module is electrically connected to the control voltage receiving module, in which the driving module includes a driving transistor, a first transistor and a feedback circuit. The driving transistor is configured to provide a driving current to drive a lighting module. The first transistor is configured to control the driving transistor with feedback according to the reference voltage. The feedback circuit is electrically connected between the driving transistor and the first transistor and configured to determine the operating state of the first transistor according to the driving current.
US09474113B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting device has an LED and a power supply including an inductor coupled to the LED. A cathode of the LED is coupled to the inductor opposite an anode of the LED. The inductor is coupled for receiving a first power signal. A transistor includes a conduction terminal coupled to the inductor to enable current through the inductor. A current from the first power signal is switched to generate a second power signal. A first diode includes an anode coupled to the inductor opposite the cathode of the LED. A controller includes a first terminal coupled to a cathode of the first diode and a second terminal coupled to a control terminal of the transistor. A zener diode is coupled to the first terminal of the controller. A capacitor is coupled between the first diode and inductor. A second diode is coupled to the first diode.
US09474107B2
A system for heating conveyors which extend outside a wash tunnel of a carwash utilizes concrete structural slabs with heating apparatus embedded in the slab near a top surface and supported adjacent the conveyor. The heating apparatus can be a hydronic system or an electric heating mat embedded in the slabs which prevents water on the slabs or the conveyor from freezing in low ambient temperature conditions.
US09474103B2
The present invention is applied to a portable personal computer or the like having a plurality of wireless communication means, for example, so as to provide a user with appropriate wireless communication means in a situation where a plurality of wireless communication means are available. According to the present invention, the wireless communication means is selectively used in accordance with an application program with reference to a communication management table in which at least wireless communication means allowed to be used is described with regard to respective application programs.
US09474097B2
A method and device for transmitting a location registration result of a portable terminal that is adapted for connected with two or more networks includes transmitting to a first network a location registration request message for location registration, receiving a location registration rejection message including location registration rejection information from the first network when the location registration fails, and transmitting to a second network a location registration request message including the location registration rejection information. The second network can notify the portable terminal when a re-attempted connection with the first network can be performed to save on processing power for repeated re-connection attempts with the first network that will not be successful.
US09474096B2
There is provided mechanisms for wireless devices to initiate direct-mode or device-to-device communications by exploiting the availability of the existing network coverage. Short range communications in a wireless communications system between a first wireless device and a second wireless device involves exchanging messages between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, first on a first communications link via a network node and then on a second communications link A corresponding method is provided. Also a computer program, a computer program product and a wireless device are provided.
US09474093B2
A correlator resource processes connectivity information to identify a network address of a wireless access point to which a communication device establishes a connection with a network. The correlator resource utilizes the network address to identify a gateway resource through which the wireless access point has access to the network. The correlator resource utilizes an identity of the gateway resource to identify subscriber information associated with the communication device. Thereafter, the correlator resource produces a record associating the communication device to subscriber account information.
US09474089B2
The present disclosure proposes a dynamic resource allocation mechanism for a user equipment and a base station having multiple connections. According to one of the exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure proposes a user equipment (UE) which includes at least but not limited to a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving data respectively and a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured for establishing a first connection with a first base station by using the transmitter and the receiver, establishing a second connection with a second base station by using the transmitter and the receiver, receiving through the receiver a dynamic time division duplexing (TDD) subframe configuration from either the first base station and the second base station, wherein the dynamic TDD subframe configuration is not received from a system information block (SIB), and operating according to the dynamic TDD subframe configuration.
US09474083B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining whether two user equipments (UEs) in a wireless network can be co-scheduled by an uplink scheduler of a base station. The method includes: the determination of a steering vector for each of a plurality of user equipments to be considered; and, for each pair of the user equipments, the determination of a corresponding orthogonality factor based on the steering vectors of the user equipments comprising the pair. A pair of user equipments may be selected for co-scheduling based on the orthogonality factors. For example, a pair of user equipments may be co-scheduled if its orthogonality factor is below a threshold. As another example, a pair of user equipments that has the lowest of the orthogonality factors may be co-scheduled.
US09474079B2
The object is achieved by providing a base station apparatus for performing time and frequency scheduling in uplink packet access with: an interference amount measurement part configured to measure an uplink interference amount for each interference amount measurement unit which comprises a predetermined period and a predetermined number of frequency blocks; an interference amount determination part configured to determine whether the uplink interference amount satisfies a predetermined condition; and an overload indicator reporting part configured to report an overload indicator to a neighboring cell when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
US09474072B2
An advanced technology frame structure is described herein. The advanced technology frame structure can enhance a first technology frame structure in dimensions of time, frequency, or a combination of time and frequency. A second technology frame structure time division multiplexes second technology subframes with the first technology downlink and uplink subframes. The first technology downlink subframe can be divided into a first technology downlink subframe and one or more second technology downlink subframes. Similarly, the first technology uplink subframe can be divided into a first uplink subframe and one or more second technology uplink subframes. These principles can be expanded upon and can be applied in many communication systems.
US09474070B2
A method and an apparatus for providing channel sharing are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request for a white space channel assignment, and identifies one or more white space channels in accordance with the request. The method sends a response to the request comprising a white space channel assignment, wherein the white space channel assignment assigns one of the identified one or more white space channels.
US09474068B2
Embodiments provide techniques for facilitating radio frequency (RF) communication between devices using guaranteed time slots (GTSs). Embodiments include designating, at a personal area network (PAN) coordinator, a contention access period (CAP) during which a plurality of devices on a network can transmit unsolicited media access control (MAC) commands to the PAN coordinator via RF communications. Embodiments further include facilitating direct RF communication between the plurality of devices, by broadcasting a beacon, at the PAN coordinator, designating GTSs for the plurality of devices, wherein each GTS specifies a time period during which one of the plurality of devices on the network is authorized to send or receive data.
US09474059B2
In the event where a channel strength between UE and eNB is weakened, the eNB of the present invention may configure downlink control information into the format in which at least one of fields of pre-defined existing format is deleted, the length of a relevant field is shortened to be shorter than a pre-defined length of the relevant field, or an error correcting code is added by the amount of the length deleted or reduced. UE decodes a downlink signal according to the modified format to acquire downlink control information of its own.
US09474046B2
Techniques for monitoring radio and network conditions to improve performance for a wireless device are described. A diagnostic monitoring module may receive diagnostic messages from a modem via a diagnostic interface at the wireless device. The module may process (e.g., parse) the diagnostic messages to obtain network status information indicative of the status of a radio network. The module may provide the network status information to an application for use to control communication with the radio network. The module may also process the diagnostic messages to obtain diagnostic information indicative of the performance of a radio connection or a data session or both for the wireless device. The module may send the diagnostic information to a network server for network monitoring, debugging, etc.
US09474035B2
The present disclosure provides a base station transmitter, a user equipment transmitter and methods of operating the base station and user equipment transmitters. In one embodiment, the base station transmitter is for use with a cellular communication system and includes a synchronization unit configured to provide a randomly-generated constant amplitude zero autocorrelation (random-CAZAC) sequence corresponding to a downlink synchronization signal. Additionally, the base station transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the downlink synchronization signal using the random-CAZAC sequence. In another embodiment, the user equipment transmitter is for use with a cellular communication system and includes a reference signal unit configured to provide a random-CAZAC sequence for an uplink reference signal corresponding to a one resource block allocation of the user equipment. The user equipment transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the uplink reference signal using the random-CAZAC sequence.
US09474026B2
A system is disclosed in which a communications device communicates via a cell operated by a base station of a communications network. The communications device identifies that transmission of data to a communications node coupled to the communications network has been triggered; determines whether an indication of radio quality in the cell meets a required radio quality criteria responsive to the transmission being triggered. The transmitting element transmits the data to the communications network after a delay if the quality of radio signals does not meet the required radio quality criteria, and without the delay if the quality of radio signals meets the required radio quality criteria.
US09474023B1
A low cost, robust, wireless sensor that provides an extended period of operability without maintenance is described. The wireless sensors are configured to communicate with a base unit or repeater. When the sensor unit detects an anomalous ambient condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The sensor unit receives instructions to change operating parameters and/or control external devices.
US09474020B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for a network-based radio access control. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a radio access technology selection system enables an intelligent multi-radio access control that can select one or more radio access technologies that is best-suited for one or more target mobile devices based upon network conditions, policies, user profiles, and/or other information. The radio access technology selection system also informs the target mobile device(s) of one or more networks that utilize the selected radio access technology. In this manner, the radio access technology selection system can steer traffic to various networks operating in accordance with different radio access technologies to improve user experience, especially in network traffic congested areas, and to efficiently leverage network resources for mobile telecommunications and WI-FI networks.
US09474017B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling network selection between a current wireless network and a higher-priority wireless network. A subscriber station determines, while connected to a current wireless network, whether it is within a coverage area of a higher-priority wireless network and whether a current traffic data load is indicative of lower-priority background traffic or higher-priority foreground traffic. Responsive to determining that it is within the coverage area of the higher-priority wireless network and that the current traffic data load is indicative of lower-priority background traffic, the subscriber station halts at least the lower-priority background traffic for a predetermined amount of time sufficient to effect a release of a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the current wireless network and searches for and connects to the higher-priority wireless network.
US09474013B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus listens for directional signal beams according to a first pattern, detects a plurality of discovery signals respectively from a plurality of connection points (CPs), wherein each CP transmits a discovery signal by transmitting a directional beam according to a respective pattern, determines information related to each CP based on the discovery signal detected from a respective CP, determines a timeslot for transmitting an association signal to each CP, wherein a respective timeslot is determined based on the information determined for the respective CP or a timeslot in which the respective discovery signal is transmitted by the respective CP according to the respective pattern, and transmits an association signal to each CP in the respective timeslot according to a determined beamforming direction of the UE and a determined beamforming direction of the respective CP.
US09474012B2
Systems, apparatus and methods for reducing a long list of access points (APs) to a short list of access points are presented. Advantageously, a mobile device only need to search for access points on the short list thereby more quickly discovering access points, saving battery power, determining a position fix based on the discovered access points, and reducing a time to fix. Embodiments enable a mobile device to determine which access points should be detectable at a new location of the mobile device. Various embodiments comprise: (1) a linked database; (2) a grouped database; (3) an associated database; and (4) database feedback.
US09474008B2
A method and apparatus for indicating a handover in a wireless communication system is provided. A mobile relay node (RN) receives an indication which indicates that there is no eNB supporting relay within neighbor cells from a donor eNodeB (eNB) serving the mobile relay node, and transmits a handover command message to user equipments (UEs).
US09474004B2
A mobile device includes a wireless communicating unit, an input unit, and a communication control module. The wireless communicating unit is configured to communicate via a plurality of kinds of wireless networks. The input unit is configured to receive an order for ranking and prioritizing one or more communicative conditions. The communication control module is configured to select a first wireless network from a plurality of available wireless network based on a the prioritization and ranking that is a result of ranking the communicative conditions, and to control the wireless communicating unit so as to transmit data via the first wireless network.
US09474000B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing wireless communications. In the methods, systems, and devices, historical information associated with mobility patterns of a mobile device may be accessed. A mobility parameter may be modified for at least one neighboring cell of a set of neighboring cells for measurement by the mobile device. The mobility parameter may be modified based on the historical information associated with the mobility patterns of the mobile device.
US09473996B2
A communication control device includes a parameter acquisition unit which acquires a first parameter determined on the basis of the number of mobile stations connected to the first cell or the number of mobile stations connected to the second cell, a parameter determination unit which changes the number of mobile stations connectable to the first cell or the number of mobile stations connectable to the second cell on the basis of the first parameter, and a parameter notification unit which notifies at least any one of the first base station and the second base station of the determined second parameter.
US09473991B2
Combinational networks provide simultaneous connectivity via networks of different network type between user equipment. For communication sessions on different network types, belonging to the same user equipment, a correlation check is enabled by introduction of an identifier denoted as Combinational Call Indicator (CCI). This CCI identifier in combination with the known Calling Line Identity (CLI) identifier enables user equipment and other and network entities to perform a correlation check between ongoing, or to be established, CScalls and PS-sessions. A user equipment, setting up a related communication session, sets the CCI identifier and provides the CCI identifier during the communication session setup towards the receiving user equipment or network entity, which is enabled to check whether the last received communication session is correlated to the earlier established session due to the presence of the CCI identifier.
US09473987B1
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an instruction to aggregate cellular bandwidth of a user device with the cellular bandwidth of one or more participating user devices; appending a shared character string to a network name of the user device based on receiving the instruction; scanning for wireless local area networks (WLANs) after appending the shared character string; identifying one or more WLAN networks with the network names having the shared character string, where the one or more WLAN networks are hosted by the one or more participating user devices; connecting to a particular WLAN network, of the one or more WLAN networks via a WLAN interface of the user device; combining bandwidth from the cellular interface of the user device with the bandwidth from the WLAN interface of the user device; and hosting a WLAN network providing a sum of the bandwidth from the WLAN interface and the cellular interface.
US09473984B2
A method of controlling congestion in a base station of a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a Service Data Unit (SDU) that includes pieces of data forwarded through a caching proxy, driving a timer each time an SDU is received for processing the SDU using a communication protocol, determining whether the SDU has been processed using the communication protocol until expiration of the timer, and controlling a transmission rate of the caching proxy based on a number of SDUs consecutively discarded or a number of SDUs consecutively transmitted depending on whether the timer has expired.
US09473961B2
A method and an apparatus for handling an address conflict. The method for handling an address conflict includes: acquiring a media access control (MAC) address of an associated first node and a first auxiliary identifier; receiving a MAC frame that carries the first auxiliary identifier; and sending an auxiliary identifier conflict report message to the first node when it is determined that the MAC frame is sent by a second node. According to the method and the apparatus for handling an address conflict in the embodiments of the present invention, the following problem can be detected and resolved. An AP auxiliary identifier conflict is caused by a MAC header compression method where an auxiliary identifier is used to replace a MAC address.
US09473960B2
Provided are a method and device for processing transport configuration data. In the method, each object of transport configuration data is abstracted from an LMT network management configuration system; each object is layered and encapsulated according to a hierarchical structure of an Iub interface protocol stack; and association relationship among layered objects is acquired according to a predetermined transport bearer manner. The technical solution provided in the disclosure can intuitively display the transport configuration data of the network management LMT based on the hierarchical structure of the Iub interface protocol stack, and save operational and maintenance costs.
US09473942B2
A method of authenticating a user device includes transmitting a request, the request including a query for information, and receiving an identifier, the identifier being associated with one or more authentication mechanisms for obtaining access to emergency services.
US09473932B2
A method for managing a secure element which is embedded into a host unit. The described method comprises (a) transmitting a request for a management script from the host unit to a program element of the secure element, (b) at the program element, generating a management script in accordance with the request and encrypting the generated management script, (c) transmitting the encrypted management script from the program element to the host unit, (d) transmitting the encrypted management script from the host unit to a secure domain of the secure element, and (e) at the secure domain, decrypting and executing the management script.
US09473920B2
A personal monitoring apparatus and methods of using the personal monitoring apparatus for contacting one or more third parties through wireless signals and/or a communication network in the event of an emergency. The personal apparatus comprises a data storage device configured to store information selected from the group consisting of user identification information, GPS location information, health information, insurance information, third party contact information and environmental information, a wireless transmitter connected to the data storage device, configured to transmit the information of the data storage device to a third party and an input device configured to simultaneously or near simultaneously activate the wireless transmitter, transmit the stored information of the data storage device and open a line of communication with the third party.
US09473916B2
The invention relates to an apparatus including: at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: select and configure a commercial user device to operate as a mobile relay agent for public safety usage and/or a public safety device to operate as a mobile relay and/or a mobile gateway for public safety usage, allocate a public safety specific spectrum to device-to-device communications for the public safety usage, and provide mobile backhaul services by using commercial resources.
US09473915B2
A call verification system in mobile terminals, including a calling/called unit, and the calling unit includes: a verification code acquiring module, a packaging module, a transmitting module; the called unit comprises a receiving module, a storage module, an analysis module, a verification code module and a call control module. A method includes steps of acquiring and packaging the verification code; transmitting verification code while calling; parsing and acquiring the verification code at the called terminal; matching the verification code with the standard verification code and intercepting the mismatched call establishment request. The effects are achieved without configuration of a mobile network and the service of operators; no delay for the users no effect on existing communication business; intercepting crank calls without answering or hanging up.
US09473912B2
A system and method are described for establishing two-way communication between devices that have a certain set of hardware and/or capabilities allowing the devices to send and receive SMS/MMS messages using cellular networks on behalf of devices that lack the hardware and/or capabilities. A user's device lacking SMS/MMS capabilities queries an identity management service for device capabilities of other devices associated with the same user. The user's device lacking SMS/MMS capabilities can receive from the identity management service a device profile of each device associated with the user. The device profile can include one or more fields, flags, or indicators that specify or are otherwise indicative of hardware and/or software capabilities of a device. The user's device lacking SMS/MMS capabilities can select a device having SMS/MMS capabilities to act as a proxy based on a device's corresponding device profile that indicates that the device has SMS/MMS capabilities.
US09473910B2
An approach is provided for messaging gateway services. It is determined whether a user profile specifies opting to receive content. The content is selectively forwarded, according to a multimedia protocol, to a device of a user as a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message or a short messaging service (SMS) message based on the determination, wherein the multimedia protocol supports both MMS messaging and SMS messaging.
US09473903B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to making a localization map for a network. A fixed location for a plurality of wireless devices is received and a bisecting line is determined in a plane for each straight line that joins a pair of the plurality of wireless devices. An initial wireless device access sequence is assigned to each of a plurality of regions created on the localization map by the bisecting lines based on the Euclidean distance of the wireless device to the each of the plurality of regions, wherein the wireless device access sequence is the sequence of the wireless devices that provide the strongest to weakest signal to the region. Receiving from a user computing device a received signal strength (RSS) value for each signal received by the user computing device from each of the plurality of wireless devices and updating the localization map based on RSS values.
US09473898B1
An improved method of tracking an object of interest. The tracking that is enabled by the disclosed tracking engine is based on location estimation of a wireless terminal combined with aerial or satellite imagery of an object of interest, in which a relationship has been determined to exist between the wireless terminal and the object of interest. In some tracking scenarios, a wireless telecommunications network can be used to direct an image-based surveillance system where to start observing, as an object of interest heads away from a heavily populated area or other area with satisfactory wireless coverage. In some other tracking scenarios, the trajectory of the object as derived from the image data enables the tracking engine to target a specific portion of the wireless network to utilize in generating the location estimates, thereby reducing the resource utilization of the wireless network and tracking engine.
US09473892B2
Example appliances that trigger applications on consumer devices based on user proximity to appliance background are disclosed. A disclosed example system includes an appliance to detect a proximity of a user to the appliance, a remote server to receive a result of the proximity detection from the appliance, and to send an application trigger based on the result, and a user device associated with the user to activate an application on the user device in response to the application trigger received from the remote server.
US09473890B1
A method, wireless device and computer program product provides geo-fence based services in a wireless communications network. The wireless device (i) determines a current location; (ii) retrieves first settings of a first geo-fence; (iii) implements a geo-fencing policy in response to determining that the current location is within the first geo-fence; and (iv) in response to determining that the current location is not within the first geo-fence: (a) accesses data associated with one of an activity at past locations inside and outside of the first geo-fence; (b) associates with the first geo-fence at least one past location that is outside of the first geo-fence; (c) expands the first settings of the first geo-fence to second settings to include the at least one past location; and (d) implements the geo-fencing policy in response to determining that the current location is within the first geo-fence based on the second settings.
US09473886B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include identifying a geographic location. The method may also include receiving a communication including identification information and originating from the geographic location. Further, the method may include associating the identification information with a contact entry.
US09473878B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of managing a wearable device ensemble. For example, a wearable device may include a memory to store a plurality of device identifiers of a plurality of wearable devices belonging to a wearable device ensemble; a human body communication (HBC) transceiver to communicate over an HBC network via a body of a user, the HBC transceiver to receive via the HBC network one or more detected identifiers of one or more detected wearable devices on the body; and an ensemble manager to manage the wearable device ensemble, and to generate an alert based on a comparison between the one or more detected identifiers and the plurality of device identifiers.
US09473873B2
Methods and systems for instant activation of virtual PBX services on a mobile device are disclosed. In one aspect, a user request for activating virtual PBX services is received on a mobile device. An available primary identification number for the virtual PBX services is retrieved from a telecommunication service provider (TSP). A user interface is presented on the mobile device including a first interface portion presenting the available primary identification number and a second interface portion configured to receive a user identifier. Upon receiving the user input specifying the user identifier and while the user interface is still presented on the mobile device, a user instruction for activating the virtual PBX services is received. Upon receiving the user instruction, the user identifier is sent to the TSP. Then, a confirmation is received from the TSP.
US09473865B2
A system for detecting motion comprising a first speaker, a first microphone separated from the first speaker by a distance D1, a sound generator, an echo parameter measurement device and an echo parameter monitor, wherein the echo parameter monitor stores two or more sequential echo parameters and generates a motion indicator if the two or more sequential echo parameters indicate a change in an acoustic echo path that exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09473860B2
A method for beam-forming for a hearing aid system is disclosed. The hearing aid system has a left and a right hearing aid device for disposal on a head of a wearer. The hearing aid devices each have microphones for converting the sound into a left and a right input signal and also a signal processing device which receives the two input signals. In the method a number of different linear combinations of the left and the right input signal are provided, are assessed according to a predetermined signal criterion and, in dependence thereof, one of the linear combinations is selected as a beam signal.
US09473849B2
According to an embodiment, a sound source direction estimation apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a generator, a comparator, and an estimator. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire acoustic signals of a plurality of channels from a plurality of microphones. The generator is configured to calculate a phase difference of the acoustic signals of the plurality of channels for each predetermined frequency bin to generate a phase difference distribution. The comparator is configured to compare the phase difference distribution with a template generated in advance for each direction, and calculate a score in accordance with similarity between the phase difference distribution and the template for each direction. The estimator is configured to estimate a direction of a sound source based on the scores calculated.
US09473846B2
A hearing protection system with talk-through having a pair of rigid earcups enclosing a microphone, amplifier and speaker. A concha simulator, having a volume simulating that of the concha of a human ear, is acoustically coupled to the microphone, and also to the outside through an opening in the earcup. By coupling the microphone to the concha simulator, instead of directly to the outside, the acoustic response of the talk-through more accurately represents the hearing of a user.
US09473845B2
An earphone has a casing, containing a speaker, the casing being adapted to fit within the outer ear of a user at the entrance to the ear canal of the user. The casing has a guide, protruding from the front surface of the casing, and suitable for locating in the ear canal of the user. The casing is also adapted to allow sound to pass through a sound-permeable portion of the front surface. The casing has sound channels, leading across the front surface of the casing from the sound-permeable portion to a periphery of the first surface of the casing. The earphone can be used in a noise cancelling earphone system, with signal processing circuitry connected to the microphone and to the speaker, wherein the signal processing circuitry is adapted to receive the ambient noise signal from the microphone, and to apply the ambient noise signal to a filter having a controllable amount of gain, for generating a noise cancellation signal for transmission to the speaker. The result is that, however the earphone is worn within the outer ear of a user, an amount of sound leakage lies within a predetermined range, such that the amount of gain to be applied by the signal processing circuitry falls within a relatively narrow range.
US09473843B2
The invention describes a hearing device with a BTE (Behind-The-Ear) unit and an air filled tube. The BTE unit comprises a power source, a microphone, an amplifier, and a receiver and is configured to be mounted behind or on the ear of a user. The air filled tube as a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the air filled tube is connected to the receiver of the BTE unit and a flexible sealing part is provided at the distal end. The flexible sealing part comprises a core hole permeable for sound transmitted from the air filled tube through a core pathway. The air filled tube is further configured to be arranged in a user's ear canal to transmit sound generated by the BTE unit to a tympanic membrane of the user. The flexible sealing part is arranged in a bony portion of the user's ear canal when in use. The diameter of the flexible sealing part is at least as large as the diameter of the bony portion of the ear canal of a user to close the ear canal.
US09473833B2
Systems and methods for increasing bandwidth in a computer network are provided. A computer network can include a first lower level switch, first and second upper level switches, and first and second passive optical splitters, and a mirror. The first passive optical splitter can have a first port directly coupled to the first upper level switch, a second port directly coupled to the second upper level switch. The second passive optical splitter can have a port directly coupled to a port of the first passive optical splitter, and a port directly coupled to the first lower level switch. The mirror can be coupled to a port of the second passive optical splitter and reflect an optical signal received from the second passive optical splitter to the first upper level switch and second upper level switch through the second passive optical splitter and the first passive optical splitter.
US09473832B2
Systems and methods for tunneling GCC0 bytes over an OTN transport network are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a first network element, a first data frame comprising a set of management bytes and a set of data bytes, determining whether the set of management bytes should be tunneled, and, in response to determining that the management bytes should be tunneled, sending, to a second network element, a second data frame comprising the set of management bytes and the set of data bytes.
US09473822B2
Various audiovisual presentation arrangements are described. In some embodiments, a headset is configured to output audio to a user. A television receiver may be configured to output a plurality of video feeds for simultaneous presentation by a display device. Each video feed of the plurality of video feeds may be displayed in a different display region of the display device. The television receiver may receive a command indicative of a video feed of the plurality of videos feeds that the user is viewing on the display device. Based on the command, the television receiver may output, to the headset, an audio feed that corresponds to the video feed the user is viewing.
US09473817B2
According to one embodiment, a method of controlling an electric device is described, where the electronic device comprises a tuner, an OSD-controller, a net connection module, and an initial setup module for setting a menu language of the display menu. The method comprises associating setup information to information to be transported to the server. Thereafter, the method comprises accessing the world wide web server through a net connection module by using the information associated with the setup information; selecting content of one of languages from a set of content of various languages stored in the world wide web server, wherein the one of languages is the same language with that of the display menu; and displaying content delivered from the world wide web server.
US09473815B1
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a novel approach for content protection. Specifically, various embodiments employ data feeds to continuously or periodically inform placeshifting devices of protected content. The placeshifting devices then filter or otherwise block the protected content from being re-transmitted over a network based on this information. In some embodiments, the data feeds take the form of Really Simple Syndicating (RSS) or Atom feeds. These data feeds may carry information about the protected content, such as the time, the title, and the channel of specific audio/video protected content. Based on this information, the placeshifting device can determine which content is protected and not eligible for re-transmission.
US09473813B2
A method and system for providing an immersive surround environment for enhanced content experience is provided. The method includes receiving an encoded media stream and processing the stream to obtain decoded media data. The received media stream can also be captured real-time media. The method further includes extracting one or more environmental parameters from the stream. The environmental parameters are then embedded or encoded. Thereafter, the method includes providing the one or more environmental parameters to one or more devices that control environmental conditions to produce environmental effects.
US09473808B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which causes a prescribed pattern to be displayed on a screen in a state where a device having a camera is arranged so that the camera faces the screen, and a position acquisition section which acquires a relative position of the camera with respect to the screen determined based on an image of the pattern captured by the camera.
US09473807B2
A media transfer method includes displaying, on a display device, a program guide including a plurality of items corresponding to media content; determining which of the plurality items are moveable items; displaying, on an integrated virtual environment device, an image identifying the moveable items; and transferring at least one of the moveable items to the integrated virtual environment device in response to a selection made via the integrated virtual environment device.
US09473804B1
In various example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically ordering content and discrete content segments are presented. A set of discrete content segments is received having a first order for distributing the set of discrete content segments during a display of a media stream. Each discrete content segment includes a set of ordering factors. Event data is received. The event data is representative of a set of events depicted by the media stream. A set of event instances is determined from the event data representing the set of events depicted by the media stream. A second order is generated for the set of discrete content segments based on the set of event instances and the sets of ordering factors.
US09473787B2
In an exemplary embodiment, in order to avoid enlargement of a circuit scale to perform coding processing in real time, a block size of a PU (evaluation PU (Prediction Unit)) used to evaluate a merge mode is restricted and the number of evaluation target merge candidates is restricted. In the case where the evaluation PU has the block size in which a CU (Cording Unit) is divided, at least one merge candidate common to a merge candidate list of a PU (inclusion PU) having the block size including the evaluation PU and a merge candidate list of each of a plurality of evaluation PUs is selected as the evaluation target merge candidate from the merge candidate lists of the evaluation PUs. In performing cost evaluation processing for the evaluation PU, cost evaluation processing is simultaneously performed on the inclusion PU using a calculated prediction residual.
US09473786B2
A picture coding apparatus includes a motion vector estimation unit and a motion compensation unit. The motion vector estimation unit selects one method for deriving a motion vector of a block to be motion-compensated, depending on a motion vector of a block located in a corner of a decoded macroblock from among a group of blocks that compose the decoded macroblock corresponding to the current macroblock to be coded and determines the motion vector derived by the selected method for derivation to be a candidate of the motion vector of the current macroblock to be coded. The motion compensation unit generates a predictive image of the block to be motion-compensated based on the estimated motion vector.
US09473784B2
A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering of largest coding units (LCUs) of a video frame in an SAO component is provided that includes receiving, by the SAO component, an indication that deblocked pixel blocks of an LCU are available, and applying SAO filtering, by the SAO component, to each pixel block of pixel blocks of an SAO processing area corresponding to the LCU responsive to the indication, wherein pixels of each pixel block of the SAO processing area are filtered in parallel.
US09473777B2
The present disclosure provides a video encoding apparatus and encoding method thereof, video decoding apparatus and decoding method thereof, and directional intra-prediction method to be used therefor. The video encoding apparatus includes a main mode search unit for searching for main mode for a current block from among directional intra-prediction modes; a sub mode search unit for searching for sub modes formed by inclining indicated orientation of found main mode by main mode search unit by a predetermined offset in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions; a predicted block generator for generating predicted block of the current block from neighboring blocks of the current block based on found main mode by the main mode search unit and found sub modes by the sub mode search unit; a differentiator for calculating differential between the current block and the predicted block; and an encoder for encoding calculated differential by the differentiator.
US09473771B2
Systems, methods, and devices for coding multilayer video data are disclosed that may include encoding, decoding, transmitting, or receiving multilayer video data. The systems, methods, and devices may receive or transmit a first output layer set for a layer set and receive or transmit a second output layer set for the layer set. The systems, methods, and devices may code (encode or decode) video data for at least one of the first output layer set and the second output layer set.
US09473762B2
A 3D camera (10) in accordance with the stereoscopic principle for detecting depth maps (52) of a monitored zone 12) is set forth which has at least two camera modules (14a-b) each having an image sensor (16a-b) in mutually offset perspectives for taking two-dimensional starting images (42) as well as a stereoscopic unit (28) which is configured for the application of a stereoscopic algorithm for generating a depth map (46, 50) in that mutually associated part regions are recognized in two two-dimensional images taken within a disparity zone from offset perspectives and their distance is calculated with reference to the disparity. In this respect, a pixel binning unit (30) is provided to generate a two-dimensional intermediate image (48) of lower resolution by binning a respective plurality of pixels from a two-dimensional image (42) and a fusion unit (32) is provided which fuses at least two depth maps (46, 50) to form a common depth map (52), with at least one of the depth maps (50) being generated from intermediate images (48).
US09473761B2
A method is provided of determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object surface with a laser tracker and structured light scanner. The method includes providing the scanner having a body, a pair of cameras, a projector, and a processor. The projector and cameras are positioned in a non-collinear arrangement. The projector is configured to project a first pattern onto the surface. The method also includes providing the tracker which emits a beam of light onto the retroreflector. The tracker receives a reflected beam of light. The first location is measured with the tracker. The first orientation is measured with the tracker. The first surface pattern is projected onto the surface. A pair of images of the surface pattern is acquired with cameras. The processor determines the 3D coordinates of a first plurality of points in the tracker frame of reference based in part on epipolar constraints of the cameras and projector.
US09473756B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a composite video based on a plurality of asynchronously recorded input video streams. A plurality of segments of the input video streams are identified. A number of the input video streams that were recording during the particular segment are determined. A video display configuration for the particular segment is determined based on the number of video streams that were recording, where the video display configuration includes a display sub-region for each of the number of video streams that was recording. A composite video is generated, where the composite video includes a portion of video associated with each of the segments, where the composite video portion associated with the particular segment is formatted according to the video display configuration and displays the video streams that were recording during the particular segment in the display sub-regions of the video display configuration.
US09473751B2
A system and method of monitoring a signals include an occasional router generating a first output signal, a first service access processing system generating a second output signal and a second service access processing system generating a third output signal. A secondary service access processing system router receives the first output signal, the second output signal and the third output signal. A monitoring system selects at least one of the first output signal, the second output signal and the third output signal for monitoring and generates a video output signal. A monitoring display displays the output signal on a first display.
US09473739B2
According to one aspect, a web optimized user device is provided. The web optimized device reduces complexity and facilitates interaction with web-based services and content. The web optimized device can be configured without a hard drive, facilitating integration of web-based services into a computing experience. The web optimized device presents a user interface that integrates video chat functionality into every aspect of the computer content accessed. In particular, a display manager manages the user interface presented and integrates video chat displays and features into the content displays in a content and/or context aware manner. These displays permit a user to intuitively interact with the video chat content and features while the user changes content, for example, web-based services, web-based applications, and other media content, without interruption of or interference from the video chat content.
US09473734B2
To enable a presence/absence of a modification of a source video to be readily assessed in a derived video created by utilizing the source video. Relationship information including information indicating a segment corresponding relationship between at least one source video and a derived video created by utilizing at least a part of segments of the at least one source video and information indicating a presence/absence of a modification of the source video in a segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists is stored in a relationship information storing unit, and based on the relationship information stored in the relationship information storing unit, the segment corresponding relationship between the derived video and the at least one source video is displayed in a display mode in accordance with the presence/absence of a modification of the source video in the segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists.
US09473731B2
A wireless display sink device comprises a display panel driver and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) connected to a wireless communication module. The PCB comprises: a decoder that decodes audio/video data received from the wireless communication module and separates audio data and video data; an audio DAC (Digital Analog Converter) that converts the audio data into an analog voltage; and a timing controller that transmits the video data to the display panel driver and controls the operation timing of the display panel driver.
US09473728B2
Method, computer storage device, and system that establish communication with at least first and second sensors, receive information from the sensors, and determine whether the information from the first sensor satisfies a first alert threshold. It is also determined whether the information from the second sensor satisfies a second alert threshold. Responsive to a determination that the information from the first sensor satisfies the first alert threshold and that the information from the second sensor does not satisfy the second alert threshold, an alert signal is not generated. On the other hand, responsive to a determination that the information from the first sensor satisfies the first alert threshold and that the information from the second sensor satisfies the second alert threshold, the alert signal is generated for output thereof to a display device.
US09473716B2
An image processing device includes a camera unit, a control unit, an image processing unit and a storage unit. The camera unit obtains a first image. The control unit coupled to the camera unit adjusts an exposure value of the camera unit to control an average luminance value of the dark part of the first image and a contrast value of the first image. The storage unit is coupled to the control unit. The image processing unit is coupled to the camera unit and the storage unit, and it generates a second image according to the first image and a first algorithm stored in the storage unit, and generates a third image according to the first image and a second algorithm stored in the storage unit. The image processing unit generates a fourth image according to luminance values of the first image, the second image and the third image.
US09473708B1
An electronic device can include a first image sensor configured to capture a first image of a field of view and a second image sensor configured to capture a second image of the field of view. The electronic device can include a color filter adjacent to the second image sensor such that the field of view is viewable by the second image sensor through the color filter. The first image can have a first pixel resolution. The second image can have a second pixel resolution. The electronic device can include a controller configured to determine a third image based on luminance content of the first image and color content of the second image. The third image can have a third pixel resolution indicative of a spatial resolution of the first image and a spectral resolution of the second image.
US09473701B2
An imaging element which continuously outputs image data obtained by photoelectrically converting object light, a buffer memory which temporarily stores image data being output from the imaging element, a plurality of image processing units which are capable of performing image processing on image data output from the imaging element, and a control unit which causes an image processing unit of the plurality of image processing units to operate based on a number of pieces of the image data stored in the buffer memory when the image data is output continuously from the imaging element, in which the image processing unit performs image processing on each piece of image data output continuously.
US09473694B2
An image processing device comprising: a determination section that, based on a factor defining a depth representing a permissible range for acceptable state of focus and on parallax computed by a parallax computation section, determines an operation movement ratio for converting an operation amount, that instructs movement of a focusing lens, into a movement amount of the focusing lens by using a function including the operation movement ratio as a dependent variable and an independent variable determined according to the factor and the parallax; and a control section that controls a movement section to move the focusing lens by an amount equivalent to a movement amount determined based on an operation movement ratio determined by the determination section and the operation amount.
US09473680B2
There is provided an imaging device including an imaging device body, a hinge connected to the imaging device body, and a display part provided on the imaging device body slidably and turnably through the hinge.
US09473679B2
In an imaging apparatus including a reset instruction unit configured to instruct a lens unit to reset an optical member thereof, a first communication system is used for communication for acquiring individual information of the lens unit, and a second communication system different from the first communication system is used for communication for instructing the lens unit to reset an optical member by a reset instruction unit.
US09473664B2
An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member.
US09473663B2
When using a multifunction device having plural devices providing the multiple functions, a control device, a method of controlling the multifunction device, and a program enable programs that are not optimized for the multifunction device to use the multifunction device. A host computer controlling a multifunction device through application program execution units executes plural application programs each corresponding to at least one of the multiple devices. A port control process receives data from the multifunction device through a USB port, exclusively controls data output by the application program execution units, sends the data from the USB port to the multifunction device, and filters and passes data received from the multifunction device by the port control process to the application program execution units.
US09473657B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing a printed matter from being inadvertently taken away by other users. The image forming apparatus mainly includes a first determination part, a second determination part, and a job control part. The first determination part determines whether there exists a second printing job to be executed subsequent to the first printing job. The second determination part determines whether the time measured by the timer part has passed a predetermined period if it is determined that there exists the second printing job. The job control part performs interval control for causing the printing part to execute the second printing job after the predetermined period has passed if it is determined that the predetermined period has not yet passed.
US09473653B2
An image reading apparatus comprises a housing to block ambient light and including a rectangular opening on a bottom, an image capturing unit to capture an image of a medium in the opening, and a plurality of light sources disposed in the housing and emitting light to irradiate different areas of the opening. The housing includes four cover portions corresponding to sides of the rectangular opening. The four cover portions include a pair of inclined-cover portions which are switched between an open state and a folded state and a pair of connecting-cover portions which connect the two inclined-cover portions. The two connecting-cover portions are connected to the inclined-cover portions in a transformable manner, and when the two inclined-cover portions are in the folded state, the connecting-cover portions enter gap between the inclined-cover portions by being transformed with respect to the inclined-cover portions.
US09473650B2
According to an embodiment of this invention, in a system including an image reading apparatus and a server, the image reading apparatus and the server can efficiently cooperatively perform image processing with a simple arrangement. More specifically, the image reading apparatus reads an image of an original, upon receiving an image reading instruction from a user terminal via the server, according to the instruction. The apparatus analyzes whether image processing included in the instruction is executable. If executable image processing exists, the apparatus executes the image processing for image data obtained by reading the image of the original. The image data of the original or image data that has undergone the image processing is transmitted to a transmission destination together with information representing whether the image processing included in the instruction has been executed.
US09473647B2
Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication.
US09473642B2
Systems and methods for providing location based conference calling services on communications networks. Location information relating to a device is passed to a location sensitive conference calling system. The location sensitive conference calling system uses the location information to identify a conference calling system, or a conference bridge associated with a conference calling system, to which to connect the device. The device is connected with the conference calling system, or a conference bridge associated with the conference calling system.
US09473641B2
Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for automatically transcribing voicemail. The method includes receiving a plurality of voicemail messages from callers, identifying for each voicemail message in the plurality of voicemail messages a first frequency with which the respective caller leaves voicemails, identifying for each voicemail message in the plurality of voicemail messages a second frequency with which a user requests transcription of each voicemail, assigning a priority ranking to each voicemail message in the plurality of voicemail messages based on the respective first frequency and the respective second frequency, and transcribing untranscribed voicemail messages with a highest priority ranking. The method can include establishing a priority ranking threshold and repeatedly transcribing a next highest ranking untranscribed voicemail message until no further untranscribed voicemail messages remain above the priority ranking threshold.
US09473640B2
A transmission process and device are provided for transmitting an enriched audio or audiovisual message. The process includes converting enriching information configured to enrich the content of an initial audio or audiovisual message and processing information linked to the enriching information into at least one multimedia insertion message, inserting the multimedia insertion message at least into the audio or visual content of the initial message so as to create an enriched message, and transmitting the enriched message via a communications system from the transmission device to at least one receiving device.
US09473631B2
A call management device is connected between a standard push button telephone, rotary dial telephone, or other communication device and a public telephone network, and it operates to place (dial) calls on the public telephone network. The call management device maintains a telephone book that can be used to look up a phone number by name. A caller, using their telephone's keypad or rotary dial, can either dial a phone number in the normal fashion or they can dial-by-name from the telephone book.
US09473630B1
Methods, media, and network devices are provided for detecting errors in caller identifier records. A caller name provider is identified for a terminating endpoint that is a recipient of a communication from a transmitting device. The caller name provider receives queries for caller identifier information that will be transmitted to the terminating endpoint. The caller name provider returns records having the caller identifiers in response to the queries. When the records contain an error, the caller name providers receive update requests from a calling party of the transmitting device. The update requests include changes to the records that correct the errors.
US09473623B1
A method and apparatus of accessing a data service in a wireless communications network is disclosed. An example may include receiving a call identifying an application accessed by a mobile station, and verifying whether the accessed application is installed on the mobile station. The example may further include transferring a notification message to the mobile station based on the accessed application.
US09473620B2
Mobile device user notifications of highly likely call drops or service losses are provided. A wireless network can determine from the location history of a mobile device if that mobile device is likely to lose connectivity to the wireless network or to a particular wireless service and issue an alert to the user. The form of the alert can be through one of various types of mobile device messages, or through an application on the mobile device. The mobile device's location can be determined using the global positioning system. Alternative directions can be provided to the user so that the user can travel without losing connectivity. The user may provide a destination before beginning travel, and receive a suggested course of travel that keeps the user within a higher quality coverage area.
US09473616B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for dual-mode communication are provided. Example embodiments provide a an enhanced mobile device that includes a CPU, a low latency transceiver, and a high latency transceiver. The enhanced mobile device is in communication with a console via both the low latency transceiver and the high latency transceiver. The console also includes a CPU, a low latency transceiver, and a high latency transceiver. In some embodiments, the low latency communication channel is used to transmit control messages to an entertainment console whereas the high latency communication channel is used to communicate data between the mobile device and the entertainment console. The dual-mode communication may be used in different scenarios, including with an entertainment console for gaming, viewing videos, and the like.
US09473613B2
A wired network may be used to carry signals for a wireless network, in a frequency-shifted manner, to extend the range of the wireless network. A wired network may detect signal interference emanating from a wireless service provider, and received through a leak in the wired network's infrastructure. Devices may be installed or leveraged in the vicinity of the interference to extend the wireless service to geographic areas that may have poor reception. The devices may amplify wireless downstream signals and transmit them wirelessly, and may receive upstream wireless communications and transmit them upstream in the wired network's protocol.
US09473601B2
Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to a rewrite engine that represents each protocol header of packets in a generic format specific to that protocol to enable programmable modifications of packets, resulting in hardware and software flexibility in modifying packet headers. Software programs generic formats in a hardware table for various protocols. The rewrite engine is able to detect missing fields from a protocol header and is able to expand the protocol header to a maximum size such that the protocol header contains all possible fields of that protocol. Each of the fields has the same offset irrespective of which variation of the protocol the protocol header corresponds to. The expanded protocol header is represented by a data structure that is independent of a size of the protocol header.
US09473598B2
A system, method and computer program product for implementing network connection failover during application service interruption. While the application is quiesced, a network socket that terminates a network connection to a network peer is maintained on behalf of the application. The socket's network connection state information is sustained by providing acknowledgements of incoming network traffic to the network peer that prevent the peer from terminating the connection. Upon restart, the application is brought up with a blocked socket. The state of the blocked socket is conformed to a current network connection state of the original socket and the blocked socket is unblocked.
US09473597B2
There is provided a wireless communication apparatus capable of using a first MAC protocol and a second MAC protocol including one wireless communication unit. The wireless communication unit includes: a MAC protocol control unit carrying out state transitions and processing in a present state according to the first MAC protocol and the second MAC protocol; and a frame communication unit carrying out communication of frames according to the first MAC protocol and communication of frames according to the second MAC protocol whose frame format is the same as the frames according to the first MAC protocol.
US09473594B1
Methods and systems for robot cloud computing are described. Within examples, cloud-based computing generally refers to networked computer architectures in which application execution and storage may be divided, to some extent, between client and server devices. A robot may be any device that has a computing ability and interacts with its surroundings with an actuation capability (e.g., electromechanical capabilities). A client device may be configured as a robot including various sensors and devices in the forms of modules, and different modules may be added or removed from robot depending on requirements. In some example, a robot may be configured to receive a second device, such as mobile phone, that may be configured to function as an accessory or a “brain” of the robot. A robot may interact with the cloud to perform any number of actions, such as to share information with other cloud computing devices.
US09473591B1
A system and method for executed by a server for reliably communicating between the server and a client over a Fiber Channel (FC) network. The method includes receiving, from the client over the FC network, a first Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) request, including a virtual connection identifier in a logical block address field of a command descriptor block of the first SCSI request, validating the first SCSI request using the virtual connection identifier included in the first SCSI request, and responding to the first SCSI request by sending a first SCSI response, based on the validity of the first SCSI request, to the client over the FC network.
US09473590B1
A system and method executed by a client for connecting with a server over a Fiber Channel (FC) network. The method including creating a first Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) request to establish a virtual connection, sending the first SCSI request to the server over the FC network, receiving, from the server over the FC network, a first SCSI response responsive to the first SCSI request, wherein the first SCSI response includes an identifier for the virtual connection, creating a second SCSI request, including the virtual connection identifier and a descriptor for a server process at the server, and sending the second SCSI request to the server over the FC network.
US09473588B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for data processing. These techniques may transport, by a computing device, individual retrieving requests for second data corresponding to a first client that sends the retrieving requests for first data into the order pool. The computing device may calculate an initial value of a second total amount of the second data, and then notify a platform of a third party to send the corresponding first data to the first client. The computing device may determine corresponding qualification after retrieving requests for the second data in the order pool are changed. The computing device may return third data to a data processing server of the third party in response to qualification determination. These techniques reduce usage of network resource and therefore increase efficacy of the networking.
US09473587B2
Relevant items are selected from personalized items included in a variety of social networking system feeds based on a relevance threshold. Content included in the received items is observed to facilitate grouping the items. Items satisfying a grouping criteria are grouped based on the content of the items. Items are then scored based on relevance factors, such as whether an item is included in the group or an indication of interest level associated with items in a group. Scored items meeting a relevance threshold are selected for display in an aggregated social feed in a content region of a page.
US09473585B2
A method and system for correlating events with social media is provided. The method includes retrieving from a social network, social network data associated with users of the social network. The social network data is associated with event data associated with a user of the users. Temporary actions associated with a social network account of the user are enabled and a notification is transmitted to a group of users. In response, confirmation data associated with enabling the temporary actions is received from the group of users and permanent actions associated with the temporary actions are enabled.
US09473584B2
For an online community advocacy management platform, the techniques herein intelligently provide mechanisms and user interfaces for filtering (triaging) the view of comments and content based on advocate levels, trend rates, consumer participation, hot topics, recent activity, etc. by gauging the likelihood of user-generated actions to cause future influence based on their algorithmic similarities to historically influential actions, and weighted based on an aggregate, compounding history of individuals throughout time.
US09473576B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates service discovery based on the synchronization of manifests between devices in a content centric network by using a synchronization protocol based on exact match names. During operation, a local receives an advertisement corresponding to a remote manifest of a remote device. A manifest represents a collection of service records, and the advertisement includes a service record corresponding to the remote device. The local device updates its local manifest, in response to determining that the local manifest and the remote manifest correspond to a same namespace, by inserting the advertised service record into the local manifest.
US09473565B2
Techniques are disclosed to transmit arbitrarily large data units for transaction processing in a networked environment. A request is received to store a data unit of a size exceeding an allocated memory address space of a transaction gateway component of the networked environment. A predefined store function, provided by a repository interface component, is invoked to store the data unit to a data repository component of the networked environment and without segmenting the data unit. A repository handle of the stored data unit is identified. A predefined load function, provided by the repository interface component, is invoked to load a portion of the stored data unit, based on the identified repository handle, where the portion is smaller than the stored data unit.
US09473564B2
An information processing system includes a packet receiving unit, a registration unit, and a software specification unit. The packet receiving unit receives a packet flowing in a communication network. The registration unit registers one or more devices connected to the communication network. The software specification unit specifies a software application installed in a registered device among the one or more registered devices, on the basis of information regarding a file contained in the packet, the packet being transmitted or received by the registered device.
US09473562B2
The described embodiments include a computing device that executes a broker application. The broker application performs a mediated data exchange to exchange data between a first sandboxed application and a second application. For example, the broker application can import data from the second application into the first sandboxed application. As another example, the broker application can export data from the first sandboxed application into the second application.
US09473546B2
An example method for reducing real time media traffic in a network environment is provided and includes examining a plurality of first requests in a first protocol to identify participants in a media session; examining a plurality of second requests in a second protocol to determine media characteristics associated with the participants; and grouping the participants into different groups based, at least in part, on the media characteristics, wherein at least some of the participants associated with substantially identical media characteristics are grouped together.
US09473545B2
Administering group identifiers of processes in a parallel computer includes each process in a set of processes, receiving from a compute node of the plurality of compute nodes, a request to establish the set of processes as an operational group including receiving a list of process identifiers for each process of the set of processes. Embodiments also include each process generating without communication amongst the processes, a unique group identifier in dependence upon the list of process identifiers.
US09473541B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions performing processes including a determination, a setting, a first generation, a second generation and a transmission operations. The determination operation determines whether a communication state is a first or second state based on at least one of transmission data transmitted by the communication device to a conference server and reception data received by the communication device from the conference server. The setting operation sets a combined time to a first or second period of time in response to the determination operation. The first generation operation generates sound data corresponding to the combined time, by sequentially compressing sampling data corresponding to the combined time in an order of storage in a first storage portion. The second generation operation generates a packet including the sound data. The transmission operation transmits the packet to the conference server at a cycle corresponding to the combined time.
US09473529B2
A device receives an attack on a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based device, and applies, based on a type of the attack, a method vulnerability based filter to the attack.
US09473527B1
Each time a version of a virus pattern is downloaded to a local computer a scanned file cache is generated including all files scanned by that version. A modified file cache is also generated including all files modified while that version is present. After a minimum time interval or after a minimum number of virus pattern versions, a white list is generated by combining the existing white list, versions of the scanned file cache and the modified file cache. The white list (and the other caches) is represented by a single binary digit per file that is indexed by the i-node number of the file's i-node. A bundle of files (or their unique identifiers) on the white list is created and uploaded to a cloud storage service. A local computer sends a request to the storage service for the white list for a particular bundle which is then downloaded to the local computer.
US09473519B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying unwanted data communicated via a session initiation protocol. In use, packets associated with an electronic message communicated over a network utilizing a session initiation protocol are identified. Additionally, it is determined whether the packets include unwanted data. Furthermore, a reaction is performed, based on the determination.
US09473517B2
A content screening method, apparatus and system are provided for a content screening component to verify the trust relationship and the categorization standard used by a categorization component. A method includes the following steps: the content screening component receives a categorized content; and when determining that a first categorization component that categorizes the content is trustworthy according to the information of the categorization component carried in the categorized content, the content screening component screens the content by the content category carried in the categorized content. Another method includes the following step: when determining that the categorization component that categorizes the content uses the same categorization standard as the content screening component according to the information of the categorization component carried in the categorized content, the content screening component screens the content by the content category carried in the categorized content.
US09473513B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes, in response to an attempt by a user to perform a transaction using a computing device, accessing a communication device connected to the computing device. A presence of one or more nearby devices, with respect to the computing device, is detected through use of the communication device connected to the computing device. A mapping of nearby devices to trust levels may be applied to the one or more nearby devices. In the mapping, each group of one or more nearby devices maps to a trust level of two or more trust levels. An assigned trust level for the transaction is determined, by a computer processor, based on applying the mapping of nearby devices to trust levels. The mapping of nearby devices to trust levels is modified based on the one or more nearby devices detected. The modified mapping is used for future transactions.
US09473509B2
Selectively permitting or denying usage of a service available on a device is provided. Usage restrictions on usage of services available on the device are maintained, the usage restrictions including customizable restrictions on usage of the services available on the device. A usage restriction for a service indicates usage parameter(s) of the device under which the service is usable or is unusable to users of the device. Based on detecting an event associated with the device, current usage parameter(s) of the device are identified and compared to usage parameter(s) indicated by a usage restriction to determine whether the service is to be usable or unusable. Usage of the service by a user of the device is then permitted or denied based the comparison.
US09473504B2
A processing device authenticates a computing device of a user to a user account. The processing device determines a role associated with the user account, and additionally determines access permissions to one or more resources based on the role. The processing device then grants to the computing device access to the one or more resources to be protected in an internet of things (IoT) solution.
US09473503B2
Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds.
US09473498B2
A client module downloaded by web browser from a server receives authentication information to open a smart card in a card reader and to initiate a secure network connection to a first server module running on a server. The client module calls a second server module running on the server. And the client module receives a new application for the smart card. Then the client module causes the smart card to delete an old application and load the new application. Each of the operations performed by client module occurs in a single session.
US09473496B2
In an embodiment, the method is comprising, receiving an access request, from an authenticator device, to grant a supplicant device access to a data network; transmitting the access request to an authentication server; after sending a response that the access request was granted, updating a trust topology map by including in the trust topology map information that has been obtained from the response and that indicates a secure link between the authenticator device and the supplicant device, and causing displaying the updated trust topology map as a logical map depicting one or more network devices and roles assigned to the one or more network devices; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing device.
US09473493B2
A system and a method for secure data communication over a network are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating a visual flashing code containing encrypted data, wherein the visual flashing code is transmitted to a user on a user device. Further, the method comprises obtaining real time biometric data of the user from at least one biometric device connected to the user device. Furthermore, the method comprises authenticating the user based on the real time biometric data. Upon authentication, the encrypted data is decrypted at the user device based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data obtained from an EEG device, wherein the EEG data comprises brain signals indicative of brain activity of the user corresponding to the visual flashing code.
US09473489B2
A passphrase is assigned to an end user device for use in authenticating the end user device for a network using SAE. An identification of the end user device is determined during an authentication process. The passphrase assigned to the end user device is determined at a network side using the identification of the end user device. A shared secret is generated using the passphrase. Whether the end user device has generated the shared secret is determined. The end user device is authenticated for the network, if it is determined that the end user device has generated the shared secret.
US09473486B2
Methods and computer program products relate to single sign on (SSO) availability including identifying a set of single sign on applications in a system in which a user authentication for a first application is used for other applications in the set of applications monitoring the set of applications to determine availability of single sign on for each application, and providing an indication of the availability of single sign on for each application.
US09473481B2
A system and method provides a virtual perimeter by maintaining a data structure for identifying a first plurality of assets, according to one embodiment. The system and method provides services to a second of the first plurality of assets, at least partially based on identifiers for the first plurality of assets and at least partially based on a first role assigned to a first of the first plurality of assets, according to one embodiment. The system and method include admitting one of a second plurality of assets into the virtual perimeter if characteristics of the one of the second plurality of assets satisfy criteria for admission to the virtual perimeter, according to on embodiment.
US09473479B2
In some embodiments, a processing device extracts a cookie from a first media application that is prevented from providing the cookie to a second media application. The cookie includes authentication information that is associated with an authentication of the first media application with a multi-channel media distributor for accessing a first media channel. The processing device copies the extracted cookie to a shared storage resource that is accessible to both the first media application and the second media application. In response to the second media application accessing a second media channel, the processing device retrieves the extracted cookie from the shared storage resource. The second media application provides the authentication information from the extracted cookie to the multi-channel media distributor for authenticating the second media application to access the second media channel.
US09473473B2
A data accessing method and system for a memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes: performing a near field communication between a memory storage apparatus and an electronic apparatus, and receiving a first password from the electronic apparatus by the memory storage device in the near field communication. The method also includes: recording the first password in a memory unit of the memory storage apparatus. The method further includes: when the memory storage apparatus is not connected to the electronic apparatus or a host in a predetermined time after the memory storage apparatus receives the first password, deleting the first password recorded in the memory unit; and when the first password recorded in the memory unit is the same as a second password in the memory storage apparatus, allowing the electronic apparatus or the host to access the memory storage apparatus by the memory storage apparatus.
US09473472B1
A security virtual machine is provided in a network including a resource shared among two or more virtual machines. All data traffic from each virtual machine to or from the shared resource is transmitted over an encrypted channel to the security virtual machine. Each connection between a virtual machine and the security virtual machine is maintained as a separate encrypted channel, preventing one virtual machine from accessing data sent to or from another virtual machine, even though the virtual machines are all sharing the same resource.
US09473467B2
Techniques to protect selected data in a cloud computing environment are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication is received that a data value to be submitted, using a browser, to a remote node is to be protected. The data value is selectively encrypted. The encrypted data is provided value to the browser to be submitted to the remote node.
US09473465B2
For lingual transformation-based encryption, a method parses a secure message into lingual units. The method further generates a validation nonce from the lingual units. In addition, the method generates a transform unit for each lingual unit by applying a lingual message transformation to each lingual unit as an encryption function of a selection rule.
US09473452B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for VoIP communication with endpoint devices via a network address translator (NAT). A plurality of proxy servers is configured to relay communications through mapped paths of the NAT during operations including VoIP sessions through or with the plurality of endpoint devices and during other operations not involving VoIP sessions through or with the plurality of endpoint devices. The mapped paths are susceptible to being unmapped by the NAT if the mapped path is unused for a threshold duration of time. The proxy servers maintain the mapped paths through the NAT by prompting the endpoint devices to communicate data to the plurality of proxy servers. A call control server uses a selection algorithm to select a particular one of the proxy servers to be used for routing communication of a VoIP session between endpoint devices.
US09473441B2
An embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, comprises an e-mail method including creating an e-mail having discretionary functionality and sending the e-mail. Another embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, comprises an e-mail server including a computer configured to create an e-mail having discretionary functionality and to send the e-mail.
US09473439B2
Messages having a reputation score higher than at least one message already on a queue are added to the queue when the queue has already reached the predetermined maximum permitted size. One or more messages having a low reputation score may be discarded from a bottom of the queue in favor of a new incoming message having a higher reputation score. This may be particularly useful in the context of Internet e-mail, wherein mail delivery protocols (i.e. SMTP) allow a connection for an incoming message to be held open for a limited time period and during this period the message processing apparatus does not assume responsibility for onward transmission of the message. Thus, the message processing apparatus is able to selectively accept only those messages having a highest reputation score for detailed analysis, without adversely affecting the operations performed by other parts of the electronic messaging system.
US09473430B2
The present disclosure provides a method for group number-based microblog aggregation and a system for group number-based microblog aggregation, which are used for realizing microblog aggregation display for group numbers. In the present disclosure, the binding relationship between a group number and microblog accounts is established, a large number of microblog accounts are bound by one group number, so that a client can initiate a microblog aggregation request based on the group number, and microblog messages issued by a large number of bound microblog accounts can be obtained by only transmitting one group number in an inquiry interface. According to the present disclosure, group users can learn the microblog dynamic states of other group users in real time conveniently, group functions are expanded, and time and network traffic of the users are saved.
US09473428B1
A system and methods are provided for dynamically muting or suppressing notifications of new communications. When a new communication is received for a user of a communication device (e.g., a mobile telephone, a computer) while notifications are muted, no notification may be issued to the user or, alternatively, a muted notification that differs from a normal notification may be issued. A muted notification may have muted sound or no sound, abbreviated vibration or no vibration, or may otherwise be a dampened version of a normal notification. Dynamic muting may be applied or managed on the user's device or on a system that hosts the communication application for which notifications are muted. Different applications and/or communication sessions (e.g., different chat groups) may be muted differently (e.g., for different periods of time). When a group chat session is muted, the duration of muting may be proportional to the number of participants.
US09473427B2
A reminder information delivery method includes steps of: obtaining reminder information, where the reminder information includes reminding contents, reminding time, and a first account associated with a first communication client; when the reminding time comes, searching for a communication number associated with the first account; and pushing the reminder information to a corresponding communication terminal according to the communication number. By adopting the reminder information delivery method, reminding is implemented in a timely and flexible manner. In addition, a reminder information pushing system is also provided.
US09473424B2
Methods and systems for improved address table flushing in distributed switching systems may be provided. In accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, a switch may include a plurality of line cards and a processor. Each line card may including a table of addresses. The processor may be configured to, in response to receipt of a plurality of simultaneous requests, each request a request to flush addresses associated with a particular flooding domain present on the switch, perform flushing of addresses based on an aggregate number of address entries for each particular flooding domain associated with the requests.
US09473422B1
A multi-stage switching fabric provides a plurality switching boxes. Each switching box includes a plurality of switches and a plurality of interconnects, and each interconnect is coupled to each switch. The switching boxes may be arranged in a first stage and a second stage. In this example, each switching box in the first stage may be coupled to each switching box in the second stage via a single high capacity cable. In this regard, each switch in the first stage may be coupled to each switch in the second stage using a reduced amount of cabling.
US09473421B1
The invention is a modular computing system and method of use. The invention includes a chassis used for structurally supporting a plurality of computer resource modules. The chassis provides a power source and connection point for the computer resource modules. The computer resource modules segment and replicate user information to provide redundancy of information in the case of failure. The computer resource modules elect a lead computer resource module to handle the organization of the computer resource modules during use. The computer resource modules provide a hierarchy of leadership in case the lead resource module fails. The operating software provides floating application storage which can persist across the multiple computer resource modules after the application is closed. The application can access the floating application storage when it is reopened.
US09473417B2
Methods, systems, and devices provide control over resources used by computing devices. In some embodiments, a management application determines that multiple computing devices are available for management. The management application determines that each of the computing devices is executing a respective instance of a client application. The client application can communicate with the management application and control at least one computing resource of each computing device. The management application configures the computing resource of each computing device such that the computing device is restricted to accessing at least one common resource. The computing device is configured via communication between the management application and the respective instance of the client application.
US09473410B2
A method and system for load balancing are provided. The method includes: receiving a tunnel frame from a traffic flow; determining whether the tunnel frame is one of a plurality of frames from a packet; if the frame is one of a plurality of frames, reassembling the plurality of frames associated with the packet to determine an inner IP header; load balancing the packet based on the inner IP header; and applying traffic policies to the packet. The system has: a traffic interface configured to receive a tunnel frame from the traffic flow; a subscriber load balancer configured to determine whether the tunnel frame is one of a plurality of frames from a packet; at least one IP reassembly engine configured to reassemble the plurality of frames associated with the packet to determine an inner IP header; and at least one flow policy engine configured to load balance the packet based on the inner IP header; and apply traffic policies to the packet.
US09473408B1
A technique includes transmitting traffic to a destination via at least a first path of a plurality of paths to the destination, each path including one or more path segments, a plurality of ports being associated with each path segment, receiving port congestion information for each of the ports, determining whether each of the plurality of path segments is congested based on the port congestion information, making a first determination that the first path is congested and that one or more second paths are not congested, each of the paths is determined to be congested if one or more path segments of the path is congested, and re-routing at least some traffic directed to the destination from the congested first path to one or more of the uncongested second paths in response to the first determination.
US09473406B2
A system and method for acquiring media data to be transmitted through a media network to a terminal and receiving a receiver report from the terminal, and estimating the condition of the network using information from the receiver report. Determining a data path based on whether the media network is congested, wherein the data path is a compression data path if the media network is congested, or the data path is a pass-through data path if the media network is not congested; and providing the media data through the determined data path.
US09473401B2
The network separation device, comprising: a processor configured to perform as a selector, a first relay device and a second relay device; the selector that selects a packet relayed between networks; the first relay device that includes first routing information and outputs to the selector a first packet; the second relay device that includes second routing information and outputs to the selector a second packet, wherein: the selector holds a relay rule of an application layer, selects a first relay packet, and outputs the first relay packet to the second relay device; the second relay device relays the first relay packet to an apparatus registered in the second routing information; the selector selects a second relay packet and outputs the second relay packet to the first relay device; and the first relay device relays the second relay packet to an apparatus registered in the first routing information.
US09473395B2
Presented herein are techniques to achieve ultra low latency determination of processing decisions for packets in a network device. A packet is received at a port of a network device. A processing decision is determined in a first processing decision path based on content of the packet and one or more network policies. A processing decision is determined in a second processing decision path, in parallel with the first processing path, by accessing a table storing processing decisions. The second processing decision path can output a processing decision faster than the first processing decision path for packets that match one or more particular packet flow parameters contained in the table. A processing decision determined by the second processing decision path, if one can be made, is used, and otherwise a processing decision determined by the first processing decision path is used.
US09473393B2
The invention relates to routing messages over a network of interconnected devices of a networked control system, particularly to routing messages for individually controlling devices of a networked control system such as light sources of a lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to determine a routing path for a message from a sender device to a destination device through the grid of interconnected devices of a networked control system, and to change the routing path, when a faulty device is contained in the routing path, in order to route the message around the faulty device, instead of determining an entirely new routing path. Thus, an efficient routing of a message over a network of interconnected device may be provided. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for routing messages over a network of interconnected devices of a networked control system, wherein the devices are arranged in an approximately rectangular grid and each device is adapted for routing messages, which were received from directly neighbored devices in the grid, to directly neighbored devices in the grid, wherein the routing comprises the acts of determining a routing path for a message from a sender device to a destination device through the grid (S10), routing the message from the sender device to the destination device along the determined routing path through the grid (S12), and changing the routing path according to a predetermined routing rule for routing the message around a faulty device contained in the determined routing path (S14).
US09473391B2
A method and a system for protection switching is provided. The system includes a plurality of base transceiver station (BTS) linked by a communication network over which each of the plurality of BTS communicate. The plurality of BTS includes a primary BTS and at least two secondary BTS. Each of the plurality of BTS further includes at least two bidirectional antennas, provisioning traffic to at least one secondary BTS as work BTS for backhauling a traffic. The traffic includes a user data traffic or a control and signaling data traffic from the primary BTS. The primary BTS periodically checks for control signal from the plurality of BTS. The primary BTS, upon detection of a failure in a link between the primary BTS and the secondary BTS, may steer a beam to a next available secondary BTS as a protect BTS.
US09473387B2
In one embodiment, a node in a communication network receives a label switched path (LSP) request and in response, the node determines at least two equal cost paths, each path having one or more path-nodes. The node may then further determine a total bandwidth-based transition value for each path of the at least two equal cost paths and selects the path having a lower total transition value. Once selected, the node may establish the requested LSP over the selected path.
US09473385B2
An LTE network, having a plurality of base stations and S-GWs, processes GTP packets to determine an amount of GTP tunnels between the base stations and the S-GWs gateways. The LTE network processes the amount of GTP tunnels to determine a target amount of LTE P-GWs to serve the base stations. If the target amount of the LTE P-GWs is greater than a current amount of the LTE P-GWs, then an additional amount of virtual LTE P-GWs is implemented to serve the base stations. If the target amount of the LTE P-GWs is less than the current amount of the LTE P-GWs, then an extra amount of the virtual LTE P-GWs that serve the base stations are removed.
US09473383B1
An apparatus comprises a routing module configured to receive a data unit having a code indicator. The routing module is configured to identify a virtual destination address based on the code indicator. The routing module is also configured to replace a destination address of the data unit with the virtual destination address to define a modified data unit. The routing module is further configured to send the modified data unit.
US09473377B2
A search engine index measures and tracks one or more numeric indicators of activity at different times, including a most current time, in on-line forums and social networking sites. Such indicators may include, for example, a current volume per unit time of messages or data posted to the site, a moving average of such volume, a moving average of current participants over time, a count of current participants, other indication of site activity, or any combination of such indicators. The search engine is responsive to queries seeking forums ranked by activity for a defined time period, including a most current time. The search engine prioritizes search results to identify the specified sites or locations in order of activity (among other possible criteria) relative to a defined time.
US09473375B2
A device receives, from a content server device, content information associated with content accessed by a user device, and information associated with utilization of a network path provided between the user device and the content server device. The device receives information associated with data usage by the user device for accessing the content, and determines whether the data usage is sponsored by a sponsor based on the content information and the information associated with the utilization of the network path. The sponsor sponsors data usage associated with particular content when the utilization of the network path is below a threshold. The device assigns charges for the data usage to an account associated with the user device when the data usage is not sponsored by the sponsor, or to an account associated with the sponsor when the data usage is sponsored by the sponsor.
US09473372B1
In general, techniques are described for delegating responsibility for performing a connectivity protocol from one or more endpoint devices to network infrastructure situated along a network forwarding path connecting the endpoint devices. In some examples, an intermediate network device includes a connectivity protocol module of control unit that operates a connectivity protocol session on behalf of a server, wherein the server exchanges application data with the client using an application-layer communication session with the client. The connectivity protocol module monitors connectivity for the application-layer communication session with the connectivity protocol session by exchanging connectivity protocol messages for the connectivity protocol session with the client to determine a connectivity status for the communication session. The connectivity protocol module updates the server with the connectivity status for the communication session by sending a summary report message that includes the connectivity status for the communication session to the server.
US09473364B2
In one embodiment, a routing topology of a network including nodes interconnected by communication links is determined. Important nodes in the network which are of relative importance are determined based on their location in the determined routing topology. Also, one or more request messages are sent causing the important nodes to gather local network metrics. Then, in response to the one or more request messages, one or more response messages including the network metrics gathered by each important node are received.
US09473361B2
One embodiment is directed to a wall plate device including one or more jacks. Each jack includes a rear attachment point configured to couple to one or more communication paths in a semi-permanent manner. Each jack also includes a front attachment point configured to mate with a connector of a corresponding physical communication media, and to couple such physical communication media to the rear attachment point. Each jack also includes a media reading interface configured to interface with a PLM interface of a connector connected to the front attachment point. The wall plate device also includes a programmable processor coupled to each of the media reading interfaces and configured to access a storage device of a connector connected to the front attachment point through the media reading interface to obtain PLM information. The programmable processor is configured to communicate the PLM information to another device.
US09473346B2
In a server device, a method for validating a network path in a network includes receiving a listing of ports from a client device, each port in the listing of ports associated with the server device and receiving a request message from the client device via a first identified port in the listing of ports. The method includes, in response to receiving the request message, opening a subsequent identified port in the listing of ports for communication with the client device and, following opening of the subsequent identified port in the listing of ports, transmitting a response message to the client device via the first identified port.
US09473343B2
A relocation mechanism in a multi-nodal computer environment dynamically routes processing units in a distributed computer system based on incoming physical data into the processing unit. The relocation mechanism makes an initial location decision to place a processing unit onto a node in the distributed computer system. The relocation mechanism monitors physical data flowing into a processing unit or node and dynamically relocates the processing unit to another type of node within the ‘cloud’ of nodes based on the type of physical data or pattern of data flowing into the processing unit. The relocation mechanism may use one or more rules with criteria for different data types observed in the data flow to optimize when to relocate the processing units.
US09473331B2
Efficient methods and apparatus for tracking decision-feedback equalizer (DFE) coefficients are described. In an embodiment, updated coefficients for a feed-forward equalizer (FFE) are generated using conventional methods and then these are used, along with an averaged updated value of channel impulse response (CIR) estimate to generate updated DFE coefficients. In an embodiment, the updated DFE coefficients are generated by multiplying the updated CIR estimate (in the frequency domain) and the updated FFE coefficients (also in the frequency domain). The resultant updated DFE coefficients in the frequency domain may then be converted into the time domain before outputting to the DFE.
US09473327B2
A radio communication device includes: a processor configured to execute a program; and a memory configured to store the program, wherein the processor performs, based on the program, operations to: detect communication quality of each of a plurality of channels; and lower a first set modulation level of a first channel with the communication quality which is equal to or lower than a level and a second set modulation level of a first adjacent channel as at least one of two adjacent channels adjacent to the first channel in a frequency axis direction.
US09473324B2
A media player device includes a first, a second, and a third interface, and a processor. The first interface communicates with a residential gateway via a wide area network and/or a local area network, and the residential gateway is coupled to a plurality of electronic devices. The second interface communicates directly with at least one of the plurality of electronic devices. The third interface communicates with one or more electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices via the local area network. The processor is configured to selectively transmit a request via the second interface when the media player device is proximate to the first electronic device, via the third interface when the media player device is not proximate to the first electronic device and is within range of the local area network, and via the first interface when the media player device is outside the range.
US09473319B2
An approach for dynamic discovery and assignment of virtual local area networks (VLANs) is provided. In the approach, a network switch receives a request for VLAN configuration, from a device connecting to a port of the network switch. The network switch retrieves a list of available VLANs at the port, determines whether respective ones of the available VLANs are configured for the device, forms an acknowledgement including a list of VLANs configured for the device, and sends the acknowledgement to the device. In the approach, the acknowledgement is used to determine one of the VLANs configured for the device; the one of the VLANs configured for the device is tagged by the device to an adapter of the device, and the device is connected to the one of the VLANs configured for the device.
US09473312B2
Systems and methods for “Wake on Application” (WOA). An Information Handling System (IHS) may include a logic circuit and a memory having instructions that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive a WOA packet while the IHS is in a first power state, where the WOA packet identifies at least one of a software application or virtual server residing within the IHS; and, in response to having received the WOA packet, operate in a second power state and launch the software application or wake up the virtual server. A method may include originating, via a first IHS, a single WOA packet; and transmitting the single WOA packet over a network, where the single WOA packet is configured to cause a second IHS to switch operation from a first power state to a second power state, and to launch a software application or wake up a virtual server.
US09473300B2
A system and method for the secure storage and transmission of data is provided. A data aggregate device can be configured to receive secure data from a data source, such as a sensor, and encrypt the secure data using a suitable encryption technique, such as a shared private key technique, a public key encryption technique, a Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique, or other suitable encryption technique. The encrypted secure data can be provided from the data aggregate device to different remote devices over a plurality of segregated or isolated data paths. Each of the isolated data paths can include an optoisolator that is configured to provide one-way transmission of the encrypted secure data from the data aggregate device over the isolated data path. External data can be received through a secure data filter which, by validating the external data, allows for key exchange and other various adjustments from an external source.
US09473288B2
A portable radio communication system for enabling duplex communication on portable radios is provided. The portable radio communication system comprises a host radio having a host radio antenna and an accessory having an accessory antenna. The host radio antenna is operated to receive signals simultaneously on at least two channels during a dual watch mode of operation or receive signals on a single channel during a single watch mode of operation. The portable radio communication system further comprises at least one switch coupled to the host radio antenna and the accessory antenna. The switch enables duplex communication during the dual watch mode of operation or single watch mode of operation by routing transmit signals from the host radio to the accessory antenna for transmission while the host radio antenna receives signals during the dual watch mode of operation or single watch mode of operation.
US09473277B2
Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent interference between SRS and PUCCH when the PUCCH transmission bandwidth fluctuates and suppress degradation of CQI estimation accuracy by the band where no SRS is transmitted. The device includes: an SRS code generation unit (201) which generates an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) for measuring uplink line data channel quality; an SRS arrangement unit (202) which frequency-multiplexes the SRS on the SR transmission band and arranges it; and an SRS arrangement control unit (208) which controls SRS frequency multiplex so as to be uniform in frequency without modifying the bandwidth of one SRS multiplex unit in accordance with the fluctuation of the reference signal transmission bandwidth according to the SRS arrangement information transmitted from the base station and furthermore controls the transmission interval of the frequency-multiplexed SRS.
US09473275B2
A gain asymmetry characterizing circuit for determining characteristics of gain asymmetry possessed by a transmitter includes a baseband loopback path, a test signal generating unit and a gain asymmetry measuring unit. The baseband loopback path is coupled to a baseband node on a first transmission path of the transmitter. The test signal generating unit is arranged to generate a first differential baseband test signal pair to the first transmission path. The first differential baseband test signal pair includes a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal. During a first period, the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal are fed into a positive input node and a negative input node of the first transmission path, respectively. During a second period, the second baseband signal and the first baseband signal are fed into the positive input node and the negative input node of the first transmission path, respectively.
US09473270B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information regarding uplink multiple antenna transmission in a base station according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: transmitting DCI for scheduling uplink transmission of a plurality of data blocks through a PDCCH; receiving the plurality of data blocks scheduled by the DCI using a plurality of layers; transmitting through a PHICH, information which indicates ACK or NACK for each of the plurality of received data blocks; and receiving a retransmission of the negative-acknowledged data blocks using one or more layers. When the number of the negative-acknowledged data blocks is not the same as the number of data blocks indicated in the PDCCH, one or more layers may be the same as those used in a previous transmission of the negative-acknowledged data blocks.
US09473264B2
A packet transmission/reception method for use in a communication system is provided. The method includes generating control information corresponding to Forward Error Correction (FEC), acquiring at least one source packet to be protected using the FEC, generating at least one repair symbol with at least one repair FEC payload ID and at least one source FEC payload ID according to the at least one source packet and the control information, and transmitting the at least one source packet, the at least one repair symbol with the at least one repair FEC payload ID, and the at least one source FEC payload ID.
US09473258B2
A method is provided for aligning RF signals of a first channel bank and additional channel banks in a test platform. A plurality of correlators is used to correlate a reference code signal carrying a particular code at a particular chip rate with a received code signal carrying the particular code at the particular chip rate from the first channel bank to establish a first timing offset. The plurality of correlators is used to correlate a continuation of the reference code signal with additional received code signals carrying the particular code at the particular chip rate from the additional channel banks to establish additional timing offsets. The first timing offset and additional timing offsets are applied to the first and additional channel banks. The plurality of correlators includes 72 correlators, and a timing offset established in a correlation interval having a shorter duration than a length of the particular code.
US09473255B2
A wireless communication device includes: a wireless communication unit that handles a plurality of communication modes; a power supply circuit that transforms a power supply voltage and supply the power supply voltage to the wireless communication unit; a control unit that controls an output voltage of the power supply circuit in accordance with a communication mode; a current fluctuation suppression circuit that suppresses current fluctuation when the wireless communication unit executes burst communication; and a bypass circuit that disconnects a path to bypass the current fluctuation suppression circuit. The control unit controls the bypass circuit in accordance with a communication mode, and provides the bypass path when executing a communication mode without adopting burst communication.
US09473249B2
An optical signal generation unit (110) generates an optical signal for transmission by adding modulation based on a driving signal to a carrier wave. A filtering unit (120) performs a filtering process on the driving signal. The filtering unit (120) may perform time domain equalization, and may perform frequency domain equalization. Specifically, the filtering unit (120) performs a filtering process on the driving signal, and thus sets a peak value of a power spectral density of the optical signal for transmission to be equal to or less than a second reference value while an integrated value obtained by integrating the power spectral density of the optical signal for transmission in a frequency direction is maintained at equal to or greater than a first reference value.
US09473234B2
A satellite communications system includes a plurality of satellites that generate communications data over a plurality of channels. A plurality of antennas receives the communications data over the plurality of channels generated by the plurality of satellites. Each of the antennas receives a separate signal from each of the plurality of satellites over the channels. A converter digitizes each of the separate signals from each of the plurality of satellites received at the plurality of antennas. A processor forms separate digital beams from each of the separate signals digitized by the converter.
US09473229B2
A receiver in a communication system is provided that includes a synchronization module and a channel estimator. The synchronization module is configured to identify an end of a cyclic prefix (CP) in a received signal using slope detection by monitoring a detection metric threshold in the received signal. The channel estimator is configured to estimate a complex noise variance using guard band subcarriers.
US09473226B2
A node in a first wireless network requests a radio communication channel from a second wireless network. Upon receiving a channel assignment, nodes in the first network employ the assigned channel for communicating in a manner that is transparent to the second network. Communications via the second wireless network may initiate communications in the first wireless network, keep the assigned channel reserved, communicate network control messages for the first wireless network, transmit a decoy signal, and/or communicate a reference signal. Antenna array processing can prevent the first and second wireless networks from interfering with each other.
US09473222B2
A verification device for a LOS MIMO/SIMO system which comprises a transmitter unit connected to a first and a second transmit antenna and a first receive antenna connected to a first down-converter which outputs a first down converted signal and a second receive antenna connected to a second down-converter which outputs a second down-converted signal. The first and the second receive antennas receive a first signal with reference symbols transmitted from one of said first and second transmit antennas, and the verification device obtains the phase difference between the first signal as received in the first and the second receive antennas respectively by comparing the first down-converted signal and the second down-converted signal with the reference symbols.
US09473218B2
A method of signal transmission in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method includes identifying a particular transmission point to transmit to a mobile device in a particular transmission and determining whether the particular transmission point will operate at a power level equivalent to that of a serving cell of the mobile device. The method further includes transmitting to the mobile device an identification of the value of a cell-specific parameter associated with the cell of the particular transmission point, if the particular transmission point will not operate at a power level equivalent that of the serving cell. The method still further includes transmitting to the particular transmission point an identification of a value of the cell-specific parameter associated with the serving cell, if the particular transmission point will operate at a power level equivalent to a power level of the serving cell.
US09473217B2
Method and arrangement in a serving base station for determining a binary value of information data received from a user equipment, by using a supportive likelihood value received from a supporting base station. The user equipment transmits information data to be received both by the serving base station and the supporting base station base station. The method comprises: decoding information data bits received from the user equipment into a first likelihood value, without determining a binary value for each bit of the information data, a supportive likelihood value of the information data bits transmitted from the user equipment is received from the supporting base station, which supportive likelihood value is based on a decoding of the information data bits performed in the supporting base station. The first likelihood value of the decoded information bits is combined with the received supportive likelihood value of the decoded information bits. Thus a binary value for each bit of the information data transmitted from the user equipment is determined, based on the combined first and supportive likelihood values.
US09473215B2
An apparatus including inductive coupling communication circuitry configured to communicate in peer-to-peer mode with an identical apparatus includes an antenna coil presenting, relative to a longitudinal median or a transversal median axis of the antenna coil, an asymmetry corresponding to a coverage rate less than or equal to 0.6 if the antenna coil comprises 4 or more loops, less than or equal to 0.7 if the antenna coil comprises 3 loops, or less than or equal to 0.8 if the antenna coil comprises 1 or 2 loops.
US09473208B2
A communication device is disclosed that includes an antenna circuit with coupling connections that are used interchangeably as a receive coupling connection and a transmit coupling connection for an RF signal. A driver maintains a constant voltage or a constant current on a first coupling connection of the antenna circuit based on a drive signal that includes an output voltage and an output current. A demodulator extracts modulation from the RF signal based on a fluctuating voltage or a fluctuating current on a second coupling connection of the antenna circuit.
US09473204B2
A full-duplex transceiver circuit comprises: a line driver configured to output a first current to a first node and a second current to a second node; a first resistor configured to shunt the first node to ground; a second resistor configured to shunt the second node to ground; a first capacitor configured to couple the first node to a third node; a second capacitor configured to couple the second node to the third node; an operational amplifier configured to receive a first input from a reference node and a second input from the third node and output an output voltage at a fourth node; a feedback network comprising a parallel connection of a third resistor and a third capacitor configured to provide a feedback from the fourth node to the third node; and a transmission line of a characteristic impedance configured to couple the first node to a remote transceiver.
US09473201B2
A frequency conversion system with improved performance. In one embodiment an image reject mixer is used to perform frequency conversion providing an initial degree of suppression of the image and local oscillator leakage signals, and a signal to noise enhancer (SNE) is used to further suppress the image and local oscillator signals, the signal to noise enhancer being a nonlinear passive device that attenuates low-power signals while transmitting high power signals with little loss. The signal to noise enhancer may be fabricated as a thin film of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) epitaxially grown on a gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate, the GGG substrate secured to a microwave transmission line from the input to the output of the signal to noise enhancer, such that the thin film of yttrium iron garnet is close to the transmission line.
US09473197B2
A radio transceiver, particularly for use in a time division duplex system, has two reversible transceiver chains, each containing a respective radio frequency mixer; and an intermediate frequency generator, for receiving a baseband signal containing data for transmission, and for generating signals at two different intermediate frequencies modulated with said data. In a receive mode, each transceiver chain receives a respective signal at a respective radio frequency, and the respective radio frequency mixer downconverts the respective signal to a respective intermediate frequency. In transmit mode, one of said signals at the two different intermediate frequencies modulated with said data is passed to the respective radio frequency mixer for upconversion to the respective RF frequency. An AIS transponder includes such a radio transceiver. Miniaturization is helped by reusing certain circuit areas for both transmit and receive.
US09473196B2
Disclosed is a radio-frequency front-end circuit of a multi-frequency terminal, including: a radio-frequency transceiver chip, a radio-frequency amplifier chip and a radio-frequency switch, wherein all frequency bands share one transmission port in the radio-frequency transceiver chip; the radio-frequency amplifier chip includes a plurality of radio-frequency amplifiers corresponding to frequency bands in which the radio-frequency transceiver chip transmits signals, and the plurality of radio-frequency amplifiers are integrated together and share a common input port; the input port of the radio-frequency amplifier chip is connected to the transmission port of the radio-frequency transceiver chip; the radio-frequency switch is connected to an output of the radio-frequency amplifier chip, and used for switching signals in different frequency bands.
US09473192B2
A protective case for a mobile device is disclosed. The protective case includes a front cover and a back cover that is comprised of a shell, which together are configured to receive, retain, cover and protect the mobile device. The shell is configured to receive and retain the mobile device while providing user access to the mobile device. The shell has an outer surface configured to attach to a hinge member which in turn attaches to the front cover. The front cover includes an opaque main region that is configured to overlie the main touchscreen interface region and a generally curved and transparent side region that is configured to overlie a separate touchscreen interface region. When closed the cover is configured to allow for user interaction with the underlying covered screen. The user interaction may be via capacitive and/or mechanical pressure interaction with the touchscreen.
US09473189B2
An electronic device includes a housing, frame, and a lock attachment mechanism. The housing includes a front cabinet, and back cabinet which has opening and is attached to the front cabinet. The frame is disposed in the inside of the housing. The lock attachment mechanism includes lock attachment portion and hook portion. The lock attachment portion includes a pull-out portion with a hole disposed therein, and a leg portion protruding from the pull-out portion. The hook portion includes fixing portions attached to frame, and grappling portions that hook the leg portion with the pull-out portion being pulled out, and that form a gap through which the pull-out portion can be pulled out. The device further includes back cabinet having a holder. The holder restricts a movable range of lock attachment portion and holds the leg portion such that lock attachment portion is disposed at a location which allows the pull-out portion to be pulled out through opening.
US09473186B2
A method of controlling an automatic gain in a receiver includes receiving an input signal through an antenna of the receiver, by an automatic gain control unit of the receiver, setting a final RF gain, and by the automatic gain control unit, setting an IF gain in a state that the final RF gain is set.
US09473180B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for converting a frequency. The apparatus includes: an oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal having a first oscillation frequency which is obtained by subtracting an input frequency from a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a first to a n-th carrier signals (n is a natural number), and generate a second oscillation signal having a second oscillation frequency which is obtained by adding the input frequency to a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a (n+1)-th to a 2n-th carrier signals; and a mixer configured to mix and output the first oscillation signal or the second oscillation signal with an input signal having the input frequency.
US09473176B2
A method, including factoring an order of a multiplicative group of a Galois Field to produce a first integer factor p and a second integer factor q, wherein the multiplicative group includes (2m−1) elements, m a non-negative integer, so that 2m−1=pq. The method further includes receiving an element x of the Galois Field expressible as α(qi+j), where α is a primitive element of the group, i is a first non-negative integer less than p, and j is a second integer less than q. An inverse or a logarithm of the element x is calculated as a function of qi and j.
US09473174B2
An error correcting encoder includes an error correcting data generator for receiving payload data belonging to a first category, for receiving payload data belonging to a second category, for determining first error correcting data for the first category payload data, and for determining second error correcting data for the second category payload data. The error correcting encoder further includes an interleaver for interleaving at least the second error correcting data and the second category payload data with each other. A first interleaving length relative to an interleaving of the first error correcting data and the first category payload data differs from a second interleaving length relative to the interleaving of the second error correcting data and the second category payload data. A corresponding error correcting decoder and methods for error correcting encoding/decoding are also disclosed. According to alternative embodiments, a payload interleaving length is different from an error correcting data interleaving length.
US09473158B1
A radio frequency receiver includes a first and second analog to digital converter (ADC) connected in parallel. Each ADC is coupled to a corresponding mixer that receives a local oscillator (LO) frequency signal and an analog input signal. Each LO down-converts the analog input signal to a band of frequencies falling within the band of operation of the LO's corresponding ADC. The frequency is selected such that each LO down-converts the input signal such that a portion of the operating band of each LO overlaps. For frequencies falling within the overlapped region, each ADC samples the overlapped frequency band and the corresponding outputs of the parallel ADCs are coherently summed to provide an output having up to about 3 dB improvement in SNR. For sampled frequencies outside the overlapped frequency range, a single corresponding ADC samples the signal which is down coverted and equalized to generate a direct output to expand the instantaneous bandwidth of the receiver.
US09473157B2
A frequency synthesizer includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) and a loop bandwidth controller. The PLL generates an output clock according to a reference clock. The loop bandwidth controller checks at least one indicator indicative of injection pulling/pushing of the PLL to configure a loop bandwidth of the PLL. In one exemplary design, the loop bandwidth controller sets the loop bandwidth of the PLL by controlling a configuration of a loop filter included in the PLL. For example, the PLL is an all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL), and the loop filter is a digital loop filter of the ADPLL.
US09473153B2
An oscillation circuit, an oscillator, an electronic device and a moving object, having at least a serial interface and an output enabling function, which are capable of implementing the control of output enabling without performing exclusive switching control using a switch, are provided. The oscillation circuit generates an oscillation signal by oscillating an oscillation element, and includes a first terminal to which characteristic control data for controlling characteristics of the oscillation signal including at least a frequency is input and to which control data of a first output control signal for controlling an output of the oscillation signal is input.
US09473148B2
An oscillator circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to output an AC output signal having a predetermined frequency, which changes due to temperature and fabrication process variations and a control voltage generating circuit configured to provide a voltage signal to the voltage-controlled oscillator to maintain the predetermined frequency by compensating for the temperature and fabrication process variations.
US09473115B2
Technologies are generally described for quadrature-based injection-locking of ring oscillators. In some examples, an external signal may be injected into a ring oscillator. Phase signals may be measured from within the ring oscillator and used to determine a mean quadrature error (MQE) that characterizes the difference in frequency between the external signal and the ring oscillator's natural frequency. A control signal may then be generated from the MQE and used to adjust the ring oscillator natural frequency to reduce the difference between the ring oscillator natural frequency and the external signal.
US09473109B2
Apparatus and methods for digital step attenuators are provided herein. In certain configurations, a DSA includes a plurality of DSA stages that can be set in an attenuation mode or in a bypass mode using a plurality of switching circuits. A first switching circuit of the plurality of switching circuits includes a field effect transistor (FET) switch, a gate resistor, one or more gate resistor bypass switches, and a pulse generation circuit. The gate resistor is electrically connected between a switch control input and a gate of the FET switch, and a switch control signal can be provided to the switch control input to turn on or off the FET switch. In response to detecting a rising and/or falling edge of the switch control signal, the pulse generation circuit can control the one or more gate resistor bypass switches to bypass the gate resistor.
US09473101B2
An amplifier is disclosed that may include a filter, such as a notch-filter, to filter an output signal provided by the amplifier. The included filter may suppress and/or reduce a gain of the amplifier for a particular range of frequencies. In one embodiment, a frequency response of the filter may be determined by one or more reactive components included within the amplifier. In at least one embodiment, the amplifier may include two or more mutual inductors to reduce the gain of the amplifier when operated at or near a predetermined frequency. In another embodiment, the amplifier may include one or more variable capacitors that may enable the frequency response of the filter to be changed and/or modified.
US09473098B2
An amplifier circuit comprises an input, for receiving an input signal to be amplified; a preamplifier, for amplifying the input signal based on a variable gain; a power amplifier for amplifying the signal output from the preamplifier; and a variable voltage power supply for supplying one or more supply voltages to the power amplifier. The supply voltages are adjusted based on the variable gain or the input digital signal. According to other aspects of the invention, a power supply of an amplifier circuit is clocked using a clock signal, whereby the clock signal has a frequency that varies in accordance with a volume signal or an input signal.
US09473096B2
Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting transmit gain in a transceiver. The gain is adjusted in order to provide the maximum gain. The amount of distortion is measured. The gain is increased until the distortion reaches a predetermined limit. The gain of several components can be adjusted independently.
US09473091B2
A differential amplifier having a tunable filter is disclosed. The tunable filter may attenuate some common-mode signals while not affecting amplification of differential signals. The tunable filter may include a resonant circuit to select frequencies of common-mode signals to attenuate. The resonant circuit may include a variable capacitor series-coupled to an inductor. A resonant frequency of the resonant circuit may be determined, in part, by a capacitance value of the variable capacitor.
US09473085B2
An apparatus including: a first switch configured to provide a feed-forward path at an input of a first amplifier of a plurality of amplifiers coupled together at a single port, the feed-forward path configured to substantially reduce a leakage current into an input of a second amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.
US09473081B2
In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a circuit comprising a first power amplifier stage having an input to receive an input signal, an output coupled to an output node, the first power amplifier stage receiving a time-varying power supply voltage. The circuit further includes a second power amplifier stage configured in parallel with the first power amplifier stage having an input to receive the input signal, an output coupled to the output node, the second power amplifier stage receiving the time-varying power supply voltage. A first gain of the first power amplifier stage decreases when the power supply voltage is in a first low voltage range, and a second gain of the second power amplifier stage compensates for the decreasing gain of the first power amplifier stage in the first low voltage range.
US09473078B2
A circuit includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and generate an output signal. The circuit also includes a tuning network configured to tune frequency response of the amplifier. The tuning network includes at least one tunable capacitor, where the at least one tunable capacitor includes at least one micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) capacitor. The amplifier could include a first die, the at least one MEMS capacitor could include a second die, and the first die and the second die could be integrated in a single package. The at least one MEMS capacitor could include a MEMS superstructure disposed over a control structure, where the control structure is configured to control the MEMS superstructure and tune the capacitance of the at least one MEMS capacitor.
US09473076B2
Improved linearity performance for multi-mode power amplifiers. A power amplifier (PA) assembly can include a radio-frequency (RF) amplification path having a first stage and a second stage, with each stage including a transistor. The PA assembly can further include a biasing circuit having a first bias path between a supply node and the base of a corresponding transistor. The PA assembly can further include a linearizing circuit implemented as either or both of a second bias path and a coupling path relative to the first bias path. The second bias path can be configured to provide an additional base bias current to the base under a selected condition. The coupling path can be configured to improve linearity of the corresponding transistor operating in a first mode while allowing a ballast resistance to be sufficiently robust for the corresponding transistor operating in a second mode.
US09473075B2
An amplifier system may include a current source, an impedance element responsive to a current change, and a feedback controller generating a control signal based on impedance element response. Current source may supply current to a pair of output elements, one of which being controlled by an integrator, and a portion of the integrator. Impedance element may have terminals coupled to inputs of the output elements and may be configured to experience a change in voltage based on a change in current supplied to its input. Feedback controller may have a pair of inputs coupled to the terminals of impedance element and an output to control the current source based on a detected change in voltage across the impedance element. Current source may be varied based on the control signal to maintain a constant current supplied to the input of the impedance elements.
US09473072B2
An amplification device includes: a first circuit configured to: split an input signal into a first signal and a second signal, and adjust the first signal so that an amplitude of the first signal is less than an amplitude of the second signal by a reduced value, a first amplifier configured to amplify the adjusted first signal, a second amplifier configured to amplify the second signal, and a second circuit configured to: determine a reflection coefficient in case where the amplified second signal is a travelling wave and the amplified first signal is a reflected wave, and determine the reduced value based on the reflection coefficient.
US09473066B2
A solar panel mount assembly includes a base portion mountable to an installation surface, and a support arm defining a support shoulder. The support arm is coupled to the base portion. The support arm and base portion cooperate to accommodate positioning the support arm at an adjustable distance relative to the installation surface. The solar panel mount assembly further includes a rotatable clamp assembly coupled to the support shoulder, and includes at least two brackets that releasably secure a portion of one or more solar panels.
US09473063B2
The present disclosure relates to an intermediate circuit for an EC motor, comprising at least two similar series-connected capacitors for the connection of an electronic commutation device of an EC motor for nominal operation at a nominal voltage. In each case, a varistor is connected in parallel to each series-connected capacitor, wherein all the varistors are designed similarly. The capacitors and the varistors are dimensioned so that the threshold voltage of the varistors is less than the breakdown voltage of the respective parallel-connected capacitor, and, in the case of the failure of a capacitor or of a varistor, the sum of the threshold voltages of the remaining varistors is smaller than/equal to the nominal voltage of the intermediate circuit, and the sum of the threshold voltages of the series-connected varistors is greater than the nominal voltage of the intermediate circuit.
US09473059B2
A control apparatus controls an AC motor by detecting current passing through one phase. The apparatus includes an upper controller which includes a torque command calculation section, and a torque monitoring section monitoring torque to determine whether the torque is within a range, and a lower controller which controls current supply to an inverter based on a torque command value to control the motor, and which acquires information on a current-supply state and a rotation state of the motor and transmits information on a control state to the upper controller. At least one of the controllers estimates a current estimate value of an estimated phase or a d-q axis current estimate value based on a current detection value of the one phase and an electrical angle, and calculates information for monitoring torque based on the current estimate value. The torque monitoring section monitors the torque based on the information.
US09473042B1
Various methods and systems are provided for active power filtering utilizing cascaded multilevel inverters. In one example, among others, a grid active power filter includes a multilevel inverter including a plurality of series connected H-bridges and processing circuitry configured to control switching of the plurality of H-bridges. The multilevel inverter can be coupled to a point of common coupling between a grid and a load. The switching can be controlled based at least in part upon a number of individual harmonic currents drawn by the load. In another example, a method includes determining firing angles for each of a series of single phase H-bridges coupled to a PCC between a grid and a load, and adjusting firing of switches of the single phase H-bridges based upon the firing angles. The firing angles can be based at least in part upon a number of individual harmonic currents drawn by the load.
US09473041B2
A switching power supply apparatus includes an isolated converter with efficiency characteristics in which power conversion efficiency of a rated load is higher than power conversion efficiency of a light load and that converts power-supply voltage into direct-current voltage to output the direct-current voltage, a secondary battery that stores the direct-current voltage output from the isolated converter; a voltage detector that detects an amount of charge in the secondary battery; and a controller that switches driving and stopping of the isolated converter on the basis of the detected amount of charge.
US09473035B2
A power conversion device includes a full-bridge switch circuit, a converter circuit, and a control circuit. The full-bridge switch circuit is operable to convert a direct current input voltage to a converted voltage. The converter circuit converts the converted voltage into a direct current output voltage. The converter circuit includes a resonant inductor, a transformer, a first converter switch, a second converter switch, an output inductor, and an output capacitor. The direct current output voltage is provided across the output capacitor. The control circuit controls the full-bridge switch circuit, the first converter switch and the second converter switch based on the direct current output voltage and a reference voltage.
US09473034B2
Disclosed are an isolated power converter and a switching control signal using the same. In the isolated power converter, the positions of the power switch and the primary winding are exchanged, and the feedback voltage detection and secondary current zero-crossing detection are carried out in accordance with the voltage across the primary winding. Thus, primary side control can still be implemented without employment of an auxiliary winding.
US09473033B2
A two-terminal device that is configured to respond to a voltage modulation of an input signal received through the two terminals by triggering an action. The two-terminal device is further configured to verify a result of the triggered action by modulating a current driven through the two termi+6nals.
US09473032B2
Power converter system with synchronous rectifier output stage and reduced no-load power consumption
A power converter circuit may convert alternating current signals into direct current signals. A load may be powered from output terminals that are provided with the direct current signals. The power converter circuit may have a transformer with primary and secondary sides. A transistor on the primary side may be controlled using a pulse width modulation controller. A diode may be coupled in series with the secondary side of the transformer and the load. To improve efficiency at larger load currents, a synchronous rectifier control circuit may modulate a transistor on the secondary side that is coupled in parallel with the diode. The synchronous rectifier control circuit may monitor voltage pulses on the transistor on the secondary side or may make direct load current measurements to ascertain how much load current is flowing. Under low or no load conditions, synchronous rectification can be inhibited to improve efficiency.
US09473031B2
A controller for a power converter includes conduction detection circuitry and a variable reference generator. The conduction detection circuitry is coupled to generate a conduction signal representative of conduction times that an input signal is above a threshold value. The variable reference generator is coupled to receive the conduction signal and configured to generate a count value in response to a first conduction time of the conduction signal. The variable reference generator is coupled to output a reference signal in response to the count value and in response to prior count values stored in the variable reference generator.
US09473024B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes at least one first transistor connected at its source to an input power supply line, connected at its drain to an output power supply line, and connected at its gate to a first control line, at least one second transistor connected at its source to the input power supply line, connected at its drain to the output power supply line, and connected at its gate to a second control line, a first buffer which drives the first control line, a second buffer configured to receive a control signal input via the first control line and drive the second control line, and a plurality of transfer gates provided to divide the first control line into a plurality of pieces, the plurality of transfer gates being capable of connecting pieces obtained by dividing the first control line.
US09473023B2
A Switch Node Assisted Linear architecture, including a linear amplifier in parallel with a switched converter, is configurable in two tracking modes: (a) a SMAL regulator in which the amplifier sets load voltage with an envelope tracking bandwidth, and the switched converter is configured for current assist, and (b) a Switched Mode Power Supply configuration in which the amplifier is switch-decoupled, and the switcher circuit is switched configured with an output capacitor, operable as an SMPS providing load voltage with an adaptive tracking bandwidth that is less than the envelope tracking bandwidth. Staged switching effects substantially seamless transitions between tracking modes, with the amplifier holding the load voltage at a substantially constant envelope tracking voltage (CVET): (a) for ET-AT transitions, the CVET mode enables pre-charging the output capacitor to a target AT voltage, prior to switch-decoupling the amplifier; and (b) for AT-ET transitions, CVET mode enables discharging the output capacitor.
US09473017B2
A control circuit, control method used in a PFC circuit and the power source system thereof are disclosed herein. The control circuit comprises: a zero current detection circuit having a polarity detection circuit for outputting a first and a second digital signals and a signal conversion circuit for generating an analog signal; a feedback circuit for generating a driving pulse signal; and a pulse distribution circuit for distributing the driving pulse signal to a first and a second switches according to the first and the second digital signal. After a switch cycle, one of the first and the second switch performs an ON operation for the next switch cycle when the current flowing through the inductor decreases to a predetermined threshold value, wherein an ON time of the first switch is equal in each switch cycle, and an ON time of the second switch is equal in each switch cycle.
US09473009B2
An electromagnetic actuator including: a core comprising a material having a high magnetic permeability relative to air; an array of coils sequentially arranged on the core, each coil of the array of coils being wound around the longitudinal axis of the core; and a magnet assembly movably mounted along the array of coils, the magnet assembly having a coil side facing the array of coils and an opposite side facing away from the array of coils and including an array of permanent magnets sequentially arranged along the array of coils in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the magnetic moments of the plurality of magnets are selected and arranged to augment the magnetic field produced on the coil side of the magnet assembly and to reduce the magnetic field produced on the opposite side of the magnet assembly.
US09473008B2
A linear vibration motor includes a stator part including a case having an internal space formed in the case, a bracket coupled to the case to close the internal space, and at least a magnet provided in the internal space, a vibrator part provided in the internal space, including a coil positioned so as to face the magnet and a printed circuit board having one end coupled to the bracket and the other end coupled to the coil, and an elastic member connecting the stator part and the vibrator part to each other.
US09473004B2
A drive device that includes a motor having a rotor disposed relative to a stator, a cover having a one-end-closed cylinder shape and positioned on one axial end side of the motor, and a substrate on the inside of the cover perpendicular to a motor shaft having electronic components implemented on the substrate. The drive device also includes a connector positioned on a motor side of the substrate with an opening that is connectable to an external terminal. The opening of the connector faces outward relative to the motor shaft. The drive device further includes a heat sink having a frame end part and a heat receiving part formed in one body. The drive device increases heat capacity of the heat sink without increasing its height.
US09472999B1
A damper with linear power generation and reluctance includes a tube body, a movable driving rod, and a generator whereby the driving rod displaces in linear movement in the tube body and drives a screw rod by a screw sleeve to connect and drive a driving mechanism to rotate a shaft of a generator thereof, rotating a rotor thereof and producing a torque by the electromagnetic loading from the operation of the magnet and group of coil as the buffer and damping force for the linear displacement. The present invention complements the defect of oil leakage in the prior art and produces reluctance by the generator thereof, producing the damping force in a short time and being able to keep the balance of the force, therefore featuring itself longer durability with high quality.
US09472998B2
A linear actuator has a stator with two stator coils and pole plates forming stator poles. A rotor is rotatably mounted to interact with the stator poles. The rotor has a hollow cup shaped permanent magnet fitted to a screw shaft. An output shaft, which is co-axial with the rotor, is driven by the rotor through a screw connection. The rotor is supported by a single rotary bearing located within the magnet, axially between axial ends of the permanent magnet.
US09472994B2
The present invention provides an AC generator for a vehicle, in which a resin case (26) includes convex portions (33) formed on an outer circumferential surface of the resin case (26) so as to extend in an axial direction of the resin case (26) to be brought into pressure-contact with an inner circumferential wall surface of a counter drive-side bearing housing portion (24), and convex portions (34) formed on an inner circumferential surface of the resin case (26) so as to be opposed to the convex portions (33). The concave portions (34) allow displacement of the convex portions (33) in a radially inward direction of the resin case (26). By an elastic force generated by the displacement of the convex portions (33), the resin case (26) is integrated with the counter drive-side bearing housing portion (24).
US09472986B2
A rotor includes a rotor iron core in which magnet insertion holes that are arrayed in a radial direction so as to be convex toward an inner peripheral side are provided for each magnetic pole, and in which the magnet insertion holes are arranged in a circumferential direction according to the number of magnetic poles, and flat-shaped permanent magnets that are inserted respectively in the magnet insertion holes, wherein the magnet insertion holes, which are arranged on an innermost peripheral side and adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction are provided in such a manner that the width of the magnet insertion hole gradually becomes larger toward the inner peripheral side such that the width of the iron core between the adjacent magnet insertion holes in a circumferential direction is constant in a radial direction.
US09472982B2
An apparatus can receive and transfer data and energy between adjacent apparatus in a chain. Each apparatus comprises an input antenna for receiving an input signal which is tuned and impedance matched for a receiver and demodulator in a control circuit. The demodulated signal is provided as input to a transmitter module to create an output signal. The input signal is then impedance transformed to generate a sufficient voltage to energize a power supply which charges a battery. The input signal and the output signal can be a radio signal, a magnetic induction signal, or a combined radio and magnetic induction signal. A controller in the control circuit monitors the condition of the battery and power supply and controls a switch operable to selectively power parts of the apparatus dependently upon their monitored condition.
US09472980B2
For managing a battery, an apparatus includes a first switch electrically connected to a first connection and a second connection. At least one of a load and a power supply is electrically connected the first connection. In addition, an inductor is electrically connected to the second connection. A second switch is electrical connected to the first connection and electrically connected to the common. The third switch is electrically connected to a third connection and electrically connected to the battery. The fourth switch is electrically connected to the third connection and electrical connected to the common. The inductor is also electrical connected the third connection.
US09472978B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to a power storage control methods and apparatus including, for example, a power storage control unit configured to determine a connection state of a consumption apparatus with a power supply, determine an expected amount of power usage by the consumption apparatus in a connected state, and adjusting a target value of power storage for a power storage apparatus based on a change in connection state and the expected amount of power usage by the consumption apparatus. The present disclosure may be also be embodied a consumption apparatus.
US09472975B2
The embodiments provide a device including an enclosure having circuitry associated with the device and a battery configured to power the circuitry, and a power plug receiving unit configured to receive a power plug of a power charger to charge the battery. The power plug receiving unit includes a ground contact that is exposed through the enclosure for contact with a secondary ground contact of the power plug, and an active electrode configured to receive alternating current (AC) energy from the power charger for charging the battery or powering the circuitry via non-contact coupling.
US09472970B2
A method for managing the lifetime of a battery is disclosed herein. An ambient temperature is measured near a battery. A discharge of the battery is triggered when the ambient temperature exceeds a first temperature threshold. The battery can then be charged when the ambient temperature decreases below a second temperature threshold.
US09472967B2
A method and circuit for avoiding a low voltage shutdown in a portable device due to a low voltage falsely indicating a discharged battery employs an input current sensing circuit to determine when a high current is being drawn by the portable device. When the portable device is drawing a high current from the battery, the shutdown function is at least temporarily suppressed. If, during the high current event, the battery behavior indicates that it is actually near fully discharged, the shutdown functionality can be enabled to shut down the portable device.
US09472961B2
In one embodiment, a method of forming a balancing circuit for a plurality of battery cells includes configuring the balancing circuit to selectively pre-charge a transfer element from a power source, and to subsequently selectively couple the transfer element to one battery cell of the plurality of battery cells to transfer energy from the transfer element to the one battery cell.
US09472955B2
A battery powered device that interfaces with the power source of a target device, such as a lamp, and detects when the primary power source has been removed. When the primary power source is available, the battery is charged and when the primary power source is not available, the battery drives an illumination device to provide emergency safety light to an area.
US09472951B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device is formed in an integrated circuit (IC) with a DC-DC converter. The DC-DC converter includes a high-side switch and a low-side switch in series. The ESD protection device includes a first ESD protection component coupled to the high-side switch in parallel and a second ESD protection component coupled to the low-side switch in parallel. When an ESD occurs, the first ESD protection component is turned on before the high-side switch functions and the second ESD protection component is turned on before the low-side switch functions.
US09472949B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. One embodiment includes a first dissipative adhesive (DA) connected to at least a portion of multiple leads in a first plane of a flexible cable in a coverage area for providing ESD protection to at least one element of an electronic device. A common bus bar is connected to the leads in a second plane of the flexible cable. Conductivity of the common bus bar is greater than conductivity of the first DA and the first plane and the second plane are different planes of the flexible cable.
US09472942B2
A current sensor and so forth are provided capable of detecting an overcurrent of a wiring line and disconnecting the wiring line while reducing layout space and cost. A current detection part detecting a current flowing through the wiring line, a disconnection mechanism disconnecting the wiring line, and a drive circuit driving the disconnection mechanism are included in the same housing. A current detection circuit included in the current detection part and the drive circuit are placed on the same substrate.
US09472927B2
A wire stripping and cutting tool comprises two pivotally joined elongated members. First, second, and third pairs of cutting members are mounted on the elongated members. The cutting surfaces of the first pair of cutting members are shaped and dimensioned to cut through the outer sheath of sheathed electrical cable without cutting an electrical conductor within the sheath or the individual conductor insulation covering the conductor. The cutting surfaces of the second pair of cutting members are shaped and dimensioned to cut through the sheath and individual conductor insulation without cutting the conductor. The cutting surfaces of the third pair of cutting members are shaped and dimensioned to cut through the sheath, the individual conductor insulation, and the conductor. If no outer sheath is present, a modified first pair of cutting members may function as guide members to align separate conductors for the second pair of cutting members.
US09472926B2
A gas-insulated switchgear bay includes at least three circuit breakers, which define a longitudinal direction, for interrupting conductor phases at different electrical potentials. The circuit breakers each have a first and second power connection, which define a first and second axis extending orthogonally to the longitudinal direction. A first busbar section is attachable to the first power connection, and the first busbar conductors thereof, each define a third axis, which extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction and the first axis. A second busbar section is attachable to the second power connection, and the second busbar conductors thereof, each define a fourth axis, which extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction and the first axis. A first distance between the first and second axes is such that the fourth axis is arranged with respect to position and orientation on a common straight line with the third axis in the second mounting state.
US09472925B2
A switchgear housing includes a busbar portion having a busbar enclosure. A first circuit breaker portion is coupled to the busbar portion. The first circuit breaker portion includes a first circuit breaker enclosure. A second circuit breaker portion includes a second circuit breaker enclosure. A first pressure relief member is arranged in the busbar portion. The first pressure relief member is configured and disposed to guide gases associated with an arcing event from the busbar portion upward through the busbar portion.
US09472921B2
An optical transmitter driver is disclosed to drive a load with a drive signal responsive to a first and second input signal. The differential pair includes a first path having a first resistor connected to a first voltage supply and to a first transistor that receives the first input signal. A second path includes a second resistor connected to a second voltage supply and a second transistor. The first voltage supply is less than the second voltage supply. The second transistor has an input configured to receive the second input signal and the first and second input signals define a differential signal. Also part of this embodiment is a load connection node that presents the drive signal to the load. The first voltage supply is less than the second voltage supply. In one configuration cross coupled capacitor are connect between each input and the first path and second path.
US09472919B2
Narrow line width, high power pulses of optical radiation may be generated by the combination of stimulated emission and stimulated Raman scattering within a rare earth doped optical fibre (24b). The signals of a first (11) and second (13) seed laser sources are coupled into the fiber. The radiation of the pulsed first seed laser source (11) is amplified by stimulated emission of the rare earth ions so that the threshold for stimulated Raman scattering into the mode of the second seed laser source 13 is exceeded, and efficient SRS transfers nearly all the power into the mode seeded by the second seed laser source (13).
US09472912B2
A contact line, a connecting element for connecting two busbars of the contact line, and a method for connecting the two busbars. The connecting element can be produced easily and inexpensively and can be easily assembled in situ and allows a quick and simple connection of conductor strands of a contact line. The connecting element has a main part with connecting depressions on at least one longitudinal face of the main part for crimping to at least one lateral wall of the busbars; a contact line has such a connecting element; and a method includes the following steps: plugging the connecting element into respective elongated cavities of the two busbars; aligning pressing bars of a crimping tool relative to corresponding connecting depressions of the connecting element; and inserting lateral walls of the busbars into the connecting depressions and plastically deforming the walls using the pressing bars.
US09472907B2
An electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing and a metallic shell. The insulated housing includes a base member, an upper portion, a lower portion and defines a mating room between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion are extending from one side of the base member. The metallic shell encloses the insulated housing, and includes a front shell and a rear shell. The front shell includes a front cover portion and a rear cover portion. The rear cover portion is extending from a rear side of the front cover portion. The rear shell encloses the front side of the base member and includes a front extending plate propped on the rear cover portion, so that the front shell and the rear shell are fixed with each other.
US09472905B2
The present invention discloses an electric connector and a cable connector assembly. The electric connector comprises: an insulative housing, a front end of the insulative housing being provided with a first terminal groove and a second terminal groove, a top portion and a bottom portion at a rear end of the insulative housing being respectively provided with a first barrier and a second barrier, a first receiving groove being formed between the first barrier and the second barrier; and a printed circuit board received in a clamping space. According to the present invention, the printed circuit board may be clamped on a rear end of the insulative housing.
US09472895B2
A lever-type connector includes a housing (10) connectable to a mating housing, and a lever (60) mounted on the housing (10) rotatably between an initial position and a connection position. The housing (10) includes a fixing portion (21) to be fixed to a fixing surface (91) and reinforcing portions (24) integrally coupled to the fixing portion (21) and configured to reinforce the fixing portion (21). The reinforcing portions (24) additionally have a function as a stopper for regulating the rotation of the lever (60) in a direction opposite to a direction toward the connection position by contact with the lever (60) at the initial position.
US09472879B2
An electrical connector has dielectric posts surrounding the contacts and extending outwardly from the root along the contact axis a finite amount. The mating connector (or plug) has a housing that surrounds the posts. A device that includes both the electrical connector and the mating connector provides good electrical isolation between adjacent contacts.
US09472875B2
Provided is a wire-to-board connector including a plug attached to a wire, and a receptacle mounted on a circuit board. The plug and the receptacle are formed of metal. The plug is fitted into the receptacle to electrically connect the wire to the circuit board. The receptacle has an accommodating portion formed in a tubular shape. The plug has an inserted portion to be inserted into the accommodating portion of the receptacle. The inserted portion includes a body plate and an elastic piece elastically supported in a cantilevered manner by the body plate. The elastic piece of the inserted portion has a free end. The accommodating portion has an engaged portion. When the inserted portion is inserted into the accommodating portion, the free end engages with the engaged portion along with an elastic deformation of the elastic piece, thereby allowing the plug to be fitted into the receptacle.
US09472861B2
This invention discloses a multi-mode antenna and a base station, the multi-mode antenna comprising a CDMA dual-polarized antenna for CDMA radio frequency signals and two MIMO dual-polarized antennas for LTE radio frequency signals with a plurality of linearly arranged radiation elements; the two MIMO dual-polarized antennas are respectfully vertically stacked right above and right below the center radiation element of the CDMA dual-polarized antenna; and the radiation elements in the two MIMO dual-polarized antennas are nested in or inserted between the radiation elements of the CDMA dual-polarized antenna according to the distance between the radiation elements of the CDMA dual-polarized antenna and the distance between the radiation elements of each MIMO dual-polarized antenna. The present invention combines the technologies of nested antenna radiation elements and vertical isolation separation of MIMO antennas so as to integrate a CDMA dual-polarized antenna and two MIMO dual-polarized antennas into one physical antenna.
US09472858B2
A connector is provided. The connector includes a first cavity, including a housing conductor having a receiving space formed at an inner side thereof, and connected to a ground; and a signal conductor disposed in the receiving space; a second cavity fixed to a side of the first cavity; and a flexible conductor having a connecting end, a propping end and an arc structure, wherein the connecting end is electrically connected to a control circuit, the propping end props the housing conductor, the arc structure is disposed in the second cavity and has a specific shape and a flexibility, and when the signal conductor is connected to a joint of a first antenna, the specific shape is deformed to cause the propping end to be disconnected from the housing conductor, thereby causing the control circuit to enable the first antenna.
US09472855B2
An antenna device 10 includes at least one dielectric substrate 2, a conductor plate 3 arranged in the dielectric substrate 2, at least one slot 4 formed in the conductor plate 3, at least one stub 5, and at least one via 6. The stub 5 is formed on a surface of the dielectric substrate 2 different from a surface where the slot is formed, the stub 5 being formed to cross the slot 4. The via 6 has one end connected to a periphery of the slot 4 of the conductor plate 3 and another end connected to the stub 5.
US09472852B2
An integrated MIMO antenna system is described wherein multiple antennas are fabricated on a single substrate. Antenna spacing and alignment is enhanced and controlled to a finer degree than with conventional discrete antenna fabrication techniques. Rotation of one or multiple antennas in relation to the other antennas in the system can be performed to within the accuracy of current photo-etching techniques. Metalized traces can be designed and etched on the single substrate and positioned between antenna elements to enhance inter-element isolation. The integrated MIMO antenna system can be fabricated on flexible printed circuit (FPC) material, or can be fabricated on rigid metallized substrate such as common FR4 materials. Portions of one or multiple antenna elements can be photo-etched on opposite sides of the substrate to provide an additional degree of freedom in terms of antenna placement, spacing, and rotation angle.
US09472851B2
A nonplanar antenna embedded package structure and a method of manufacturing the same are introduced. The structure includes a nonplanar antenna component. The nonplanar antenna component comprises an antenna substrate, metal wiring, through-hole, and metal bump. The substrate surface covers the metal wiring. The through-hole penetrates the substrate from the antenna substrate bottom side but does not penetrate the metal wiring, and does not affect its appearance. The metal bump is implanted in the through-hole from the antenna substrate bottom side to join the metal wiring. An electronic component having a copper cable is provided. An end of the copper cable protrudes from the electronic component and is inserted into the through-hole of the antenna component to join the metal bump, thereby forming the nonplanar antenna embedded package structure characterized by: preventing the antenna metal wiring from exposing, and reducing interference otherwise arising from antenna resonance frequency and noise.
US09472847B2
An antenna structure is electronically connected to a connector of a wireless communication device. The connector includes a power terminal and a ground terminal. The antenna structure includes a main antenna, a secondary antenna, and two posts. The main antenna includes a feed portion and a ground portion. The secondary antenna extends from the main antenna. One post electronically connects the power terminal of the connector to the feed portion, and the other post electronically connects the ground terminal of the connector to the ground portion. A wireless communication device employing the antenna structure is also described.
US09472846B2
Exemplary embodiments are provided of multi-band Planar Inverted-F antennas and antenna systems including the same. In an exemplary embodiment, a Planar Inverted-F antenna (PIFA) generally includes a planar radiator or upper radiating patch element having a slot. A lower surface of the PIFA is spaced apart from the upper radiating patch element. First and second shorting elements electrically connect the planar radiator to the lower surface. The PIFA also includes a feeding element electrically connected between the upper radiating patch element and the lower surface. The PIFA may be mounted on a ground plane that is larger than the lower surface of the PIFA.
US09472841B2
A case for a wireless device includes a number of RF coupling elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the device to a first RF coupling element, and from the first RF coupling element to a RF redirector coupling element that redirects the RF radiation in a direction outward from said wireless device that is opposite to a user side of the wireless device. A corrugated metallic shield is optionally provided on an opposite side of the case, facing a user of the device.
US09472840B2
A dielectric waveguide (DWG) has a dielectric core member that has a length L and an oblong cross section. The core member has a first dielectric constant value. A dielectric cladding surrounds the dielectric core member; the cladding has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant. A conductive shield layer surrounds a portion of the dielectric cladding.
US09472839B2
A high-frequency transmission line includes a laminate including dielectric layers, a first signal line provided on one of the dielectric layers, a second signal line crossing the first signal line when viewed in a plan view in a direction of lamination, the second signal line being positioned on the same dielectric layer as the first signal line except for a crossing portion that crosses with the first signal line, and an intermediate ground conductor provided between the first and second signal lines in the direction of lamination, so as to overlap with crossing portions of the first and second signal lines when viewed in a plan view in the direction of lamination.
US09472838B2
Electromagnetic slow wave structures (SWS) comprised of arrays of conductive obstacles are formed inside conductive parallel-plate waveguides These SWS may be formed using, for example, MEMS manufacturing processes at the wafer level on substrates including ceramic and silicon. An effective relative permittivity in the range of 15 to 40 may be obtained at millimeterwave frequencies. The SWS can be made absorptive by incorporating resistive losses in a plate of the PPW. Applications of these slow wave structures include delay lines and bootlace lens beamformers for microwave and millimeterwave antenna systems.
US09472836B2
A waveguide E-plane filter component comprising a first main part and a second main part which in turn comprise a corresponding first and second waveguide section part. The main parts are arranged to be mounted to each other, each waveguide section part comprising a bottom wall, corresponding side walls and an open side, where the open sides are arranged to face each other. The waveguide E-plane filter component further comprises at least one electrically conducting foil that is arranged to be placed between the main parts, said foil comprising a filter part that is arranged to run between the waveguide section parts, the filter part comprising apertures, in said foil.
US09472832B2
A method for fabricating a paper lithium ion cell including depositing a first lithium-metal oxide composition onto a first electrically conducting microfiber paper substrate to define a cathode, depositing a second, different lithium-metal oxide composition onto a second electrically conducting coated microfiber paper substrate to define an anode, separating the cathode and the anode with a barrier material, infusing the cathode and the anode with electrolytes, and encapsulating the anode, the cathode, and the barrier material in a housing.
US09472829B2
A method for stabilizing a solution that contains LiPF6 by increasing thermal stability of LiPF6 without changing the structure thereof; an electrolyte solution for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which has increased thermal stability; and a nonaqueous secondary battery which has increased thermal stability. The solution containing LiPF6 contains a phosphoric acid ester amide in such an amount that the molar ratio of the phosphoric acid ester amide relative to LiPF6 is 0.001-2.
US09472826B2
A thin film battery structure includes a substrate, a first current collector layer, a first electrode layer array, an electrolyte layer, a second electrode layer, and a second current collector layer. The first current collector layer is disposed on the substrate and has at least one first current collector bump. The first electrode layer array has at least one first electrode layer, where each first electrode layer is disposed on the first current collector layer, and at least one first current collector bump is embedded inside each first electrode layer. Each first electrode layer is embedded inside the electrolyte layer. The second electrode layer is disposed on the electrolyte layer. The second current collector layer is disposed on the second electrode layer.
US09472817B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to electrochemical cells and membranes including alternating electrically conductive and dielectric regions. One embodiment describes an ion-conducting composite layer for an electrochemical cell, including two or more electrically conductive components, each electrically conductive component having one or more electrically conductive passageways and one or more dielectric components, each dielectric component having one or more ion-conducting passageways. The electrically conductive components and the dielectric components are adjacently arranged to provide a fluidically impermeable composite layer.
US09472813B2
Battery electrolyte solutions contain certain ester solvents, a lithium salt and vinylene carbonate, vinyl ethylene carbonate or fluoroethylene carbonate. Batteries containing these solvents have excellent specific discharge capacities and reduced weight compared to batteries in which the electrolyte is based on ethylene carbonate.
US09472812B2
An electrical cell and method for generating electrical power are disclosed for producing electrical energy from a gas such as hydrogen and isotopes thereof. The electrical cell comprises an ionizing material located within an interior volume of a housing for absorbing the gas and separating ions and electrons. An electron collector receives electrons generated by the ionizing material. An insulator material within the housing inhibits electrons from entering into an ion collector while allowing the gas and the ions to pass to the ion collector for generating electrical voltage between the electron collector and the ion collector.
US09472811B2
A method for forming an electrocatalyst for fuel cell applications comprises electrolessly depositing a first plurality of nickel particles onto carbon-support particles. The nickel particles are formed from a nickel ion-containing aqueous solution. At least a portion of the nickel particles are replaced with platinum via a galvanic displacement reaction to form a second plurality of nickel particles coated with a platinum layer. During this displacement reaction step, the nickel particles are heated to a temperature sufficient to form the platinum layer. Finally, the second plurality of nickel particles is optionally incorporated into a cathode layer of a fuel cell.
US09472806B2
A polymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a second repeating unit including a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 alkenyl group: wherein, in Formula 1, groups R, R′, A, A′, Y, and Y′ are defined in the specification.
US09472794B1
A battery module housing assembly including an interior housing wall having a tapered housing interior edge acutely angled relative to the vertical, a frame having a tapered frame edge also acutely angled relative to the vertical and aligned and positioned for longitudinal contact with the tapered housing interior edge. During assembly, the tapered frame edge longitudinally contacts and slides against the tapered housing interior edge and guides the frame and battery cell therein to a fixed position against the interior housing wall.
US09472781B2
Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an optoelectronic component. The method may include providing an optoelectronic component comprising a dielectric layer on or above an electrically conductive layer, wherein the dielectric layer is designed for sealing the electrically conductive layer substantially hermetically impermeably with regard to water, wherein the dielectric layer has diffusion channels, and closely closing the dielectric layer, wherein at least some of the diffusion channels in the dielectric layer are closed.
US09472771B2
Disclosed is a method of making axially fluorinated metal phthalocyanines and their use in photovoltaic applications.
US09472765B2
Photovoltaic cells comprising an active layer comprising, as p-type material, conjugated polymers such as polythiophene and regioregular polythiophene, and as n-type material at least one fullerene derivative. The fullerene derivative can be C60, C70, or C84. The fullerene also can be functionalized with indene groups. Improved efficiency can be achieved.
US09472757B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to the field of semiconductor processing and more particularly to resistive random access memory and methods for manufacturing such memory. In one aspect, a method of fabricating a memory cell includes providing a substrate and providing a first electrode on the substrate. The method additionally includes depositing, via atomic layer deposition, a resistive switching material on the first electrode, wherein the resistive switching material comprises an oxide comprising a pnictogen chosen from the group consisting of As, Bi, Sb, and P. The resistive switching material may be doped, e.g., with Sb or an antimony-metal alloy. A second electrode may be formed over and in contact with the resistive switching material.
US09472750B2
A magnetic junction and method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction includes free and pinned layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The pinned layer has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) energy greater than its out-of-plane demagnetization energy. Providing the pinned layer includes providing a bulk PMA (B-PMA) layer, providing an interfacial PMA (I-PMA) layer on the B-PMA layer and then providing a sacrificial layer that is a sink for a constituent of the first I-PMA layer. An anneal is then performed. The sacrificial layer and part of the first I-PMA layer are removed after the anneal. Additional I-PMA layer(s) are provided after the removing. A remaining part of the first I-PMA layer and the additional I-PMA layer(s) have a thickness of not more than twenty Angstroms.
US09472749B2
A magnetoresistive memory cell includes a magnetoresistive tunnel junction stack and a dielectric encapsulation layer covering sidewall portions of the stack and being opened over a top of the stack. A conductor is formed in contact with a top portion of the stack and covering the encapsulation layer. A magnetic liner encapsulates the conductor and is gapped apart from the encapsulating layer covering the sidewall portions of the stack.
US09472739B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a light emitting structure comprising a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer; a reflective layer under the light emitting structure; a first electrode layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer; a metal layer under the reflective layer; and a conductive support member under the metal layer. The reflective layer has a thickness of 650 nm to 1550 nm. A top surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer includes a flat first region adjacent to an edge and a rough second region adjacent to the first region. An edge region of a top portion of the conductive support member has a protrusion, and the edge region of the top portion of the conductive support member is not overlapped with the light emitting structure in a vertical direction.
US09472738B2
A light emitting device includes a heat dissipation board, a wiring board that is bonded and fixed to the heat dissipation board and formed with a through-hole, a semiconductor light emitting element that is mounted on a face of the heat dissipation board, the face being exposed through the through-hole of the wiring board, and a light reflecting member that covers a portion of an inner peripheral wall surface of the through-hole of the wiring board, the portion being squarely opposed to a side surface of the semiconductor light emitting element.
US09472733B2
A manufacturing method of a LED display is provided. A temporary substrate is provided, wherein the temporary substrate has a first adhesive layer and a plurality of first, second and third LED chips mounted on the first adhesive layer. A first transparent substrate is provided, the transparent substrate has a plurality of pixels disposed thereon, and each of the pixels comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel respectively surrounded by a light-insulating structure. Then, the temporary substrate and the first transparent substrate are bonded together, such that each of the first, second and third LED chips is correspondingly mounted in each of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels. After that, the temporary substrate is removed. A LED display manufactured by said method is also provided.
US09472723B2
A method of depositing semiconductor nanocrystals on a surface can include applying a voltage to the nanocrystals.
US09472722B1
A light emitting device (LED) package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The LED package includes an LED including a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad disposed on one surface thereof; a bonding insulating pattern layer configured to expose the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad; a substrate including a via hole bored from a first surface to a second surface and a wiring metal layer formed on an inner surface of the via hole to extend to a part of the second surface; and a bonding metal pattern layer bonded to the wiring metal layer exposed through the via hole at the first surface of the substrate and also bonded to the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad.
US09472720B2
A nitride semiconductor wafer includes a silicon substrate, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, a fifth layer, and a sixth layer. The first layer is provided on the silicon substrate. The second layer is provided on the first layer. The third layer is provided on the second layer. The fourth layer is provided on the third layer. The fifth layer is provided on the fourth layer. The sixth layer is provided on the fifth layer. A composition ratio x4 of the fourth layer decreases in a first direction from the third layer toward the fifth layer. A maximum value of the composition ratio x4 is not more than a composition ratio of the third layer. A minimum value of the composition ratio x4 is not less than a composition ratio of the fifth layer.
US09472713B2
An embodiment has an emission layer, a first electrode having a reflective metal layer, an insulating layer, first and second conductivity type layers, and a second electrode. The insulating layer is provided on the first electrode and has an opening where a portion of the first electrode is provided. The first conductivity type layer is provided between the insulating layer and the emission layer and has bandgap energy larger than that of the emission layer. The second conductivity type layer is provided on the emission layer and has a current diffusion layer and a second contact layer. The second contact layer is not superimposed on the opening of the insulating layer, and a thickness of the current diffusion layer is larger than that of the first contact layer. The second electrode has a pad portion and a thin portion extends from the pad portion onto the second contact layer.
US09472703B2
A method for fabricating a device with integrated photovoltaic cells includes supporting a semiconductor substrate on a first handle substrate and doping the semiconductor substrate to form doped alternating regions with opposite conductivity. A doped layer is formed over a first side the semiconductor substrate. A conductive material is patterned over the doped layer to form conductive islands such that the conductive islands are aligned with the alternating regions to define a plurality of photovoltaic cells connected in series on a monolithic structure.
US09472699B2
Energy harvesting devices include a substrate and a plurality of resonance elements coupled to the substrate. Each resonance element is configured to collect energy in the visible and infrared light spectra and to reradiate energy having a wavelength in the range of about 0.8 μm to about 0.9 μm. The resonance elements are arranged in groups of two or more resonance elements. Systems for harvesting electromagnetic radiation include a substrate, a plurality of resonance elements including a conductive material carried by the substrate, and a photovoltaic material coupled to the substrate and to at least one resonance element. The resonance elements are arranged in groups, such as in a dipole, a tripole, or a bowtie configuration. Methods for forming an energy harvesting device include forming groups of two or more discrete resonance elements in a substrate and coupling a photovoltaic material to the groups of discrete resonance elements.
US09472690B2
The present disclosure provides a deep trench capacitor device. A first capacitor electrode is made up of a doped region of semiconductor substrate in which two or more trenches are arranged. A second capacitor electrode is made up of a continuous body of conductive material. The continuous body of conductive material includes a lower body portion filling the two or more trenches and an upper body portion extending continuously over the lower body portion. The upper body portion extends upwardly out of the trenches by a non-zero distance. A capacitor dielectric liner is arranged in the two or more trenches to separate the first and second capacitor electrodes. The capacitor dielectric liner extends continuously out of the two or more trenches along outer sidewalls of the upper body portion.
US09472682B2
In a top-gate transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode layer, and a silicon nitride film are stacked in this order and the oxide semiconductor film includes a channel formation region, nitrogen is added to regions of part of the oxide semiconductor film and the regions become low-resistance regions by forming a silicon nitride film over and in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. A source and drain electrode layers are in contact with the low-resistance regions. A region of the oxide semiconductor film, which does not contact the silicon nitride film (that is, a region overlapping with the gate insulating film and the gate electrode layer) becomes the channel formation region.
US09472678B2
To provide a transistor with stable electrical characteristics, a transistor with a low off-state current, a transistor with a high on-state current, a semiconductor device including the transistor, or a durable semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor using silicon, an aluminum oxide film over the first transistor, and a second transistor using an oxide semiconductor over the aluminum oxide film. The oxide semiconductor has a lower hydrogen concentration than silicon.
US09472677B2
A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor can have stable electric characteristics and high reliability. A transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer containing indium, titanium, and zinc is used as a channel formation region and a semiconductor device including the transistor are provided. As a buffer layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, a metal oxide layer containing an oxide of one or more elements selected from titanium, aluminum, gallium, zirconium, hafnium, and a rare earth element can be used.
US09472674B2
A thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode located on a base, a second gate electrode located on the base, an insulating layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a channel layer. The insulating layer covers the base, the first gate electrode, and the second gate electrode. The second gate electrode is insulated from the first gate electrode. The channel layer includes a first portion and a second portion sandwiched between the first portion and the insulating layer. A conductivity of the second portion is larger than a conductivity of the first portion. The first portion includes a first region facing the first gate electrode and a second region facing the second gate electrode. The source electrode is electrically connected to the first region, and the drain electrode is electrically connected to the second region.
US09472670B1
A method for forming field effect transistors comprises forming a first dummy gate stack over a first fin, forming a second dummy gate stack over a second fin, depositing a first layer of spacer material on the first dummy gate stack, the first fin, the second dummy gate stack, and the second fin, patterning a first masking layer on the first dummy gate stack and the first fin, etching to remove portions of the first layer of spacer material and form a spacer adjacent to the second dummy gate stack, removing the first masking layer, epitaxially growing a silicon material on the second fin, depositing a layer of oxide material on the first layer of spacer material, the first epitaxial material and the second dummy gate stack, and depositing a second layer of spacer material on the layer of oxide material.
US09472661B1
A semiconductor structure suitable for operating under a high voltage condition is provided. According to one aspect of the disclosure, the semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a gate, a source region, a drain region and a field-adjusting structure. The gate is disposed on the substrate. The source region and the drain region are disposed in the substrate and at opposite sides of the gate. The field-adjusting structure is disposed on the substrate at an outer side of one of the source region and the drain region. The field-adjusting structure comprises a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is disposed at an outer side of the first portion. The first portion is connected to the gate. The second portion is connected to the one of the source region and the drain region.
US09472648B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including a DMOS transistor, an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor arranged on a semiconductor substrate, the DMOS transistor including a first impurity region and a second impurity region formed to be adjacent to each other, the first impurity region being of the same conductivity type as a drain region and a source region of the DMOS transistor, forming to enclose the drain region, and the second impurity region being of a conductivity type opposite to the first impurity region, forming to enclose the source region, the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device comprising forming the first impurity region and one of the NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor, and forming the second impurity region and the other of the NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor.
US09472642B2
The present disclosure provides in one aspect for a semiconductor device structure which may be formed by providing source/drain regions within a semiconductor substrate in alignment with a gate structure formed over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the gate structure has a gate electrode structure, a first sidewall spacer and a second sidewall spacer, the first sidewall spacer covering sidewall surfaces of the gate electrode structure and the sidewall spacer being formed on the first sidewall spacer. Furthermore, forming the semiconductor device structure may include removing the second sidewall spacer so as to expose the first sidewall spacer, forming a third sidewall spacer on a portion of the first sidewall spacer such that the first sidewall spacer is partially exposed, and forming silicide regions in alignment with the third sidewall spacer in the source/drain regions.
US09472634B2
A device is provided that comprises a first pillar disposed in a first region and overlying a base structure, and a second pillar disposed in a second region and overlying the base structure and being spaced apart from the first pillar by a device region. A bridge is disposed in the device region with a first end connected to the first pillar and a second end connected to the second pillar. The bridge includes a top, sides, and a bottom. The bridge is formed from one or more heterostructures with an undercut opening extending from the bottom to an underlying structure. A four-sided conductive contact wraps around and substantially surrounds the bridge around its top, its sides, and its bottom along at least a portion of its length between the first and second end.
US09472629B2
A method of fabricating a single crystal gallium nitride substrate the step of cutting an ingot of single crystal gallium nitride along predetermined planes to make one or more signal crystal gallium nitride substrates. The ingot of single crystal gallium nitride is grown by vapor phase epitaxy in a direction of a predetermined axis. Each predetermined plane is inclined to the predetermined axis. Each substrate has a minor polished primary surface. The primary surface has a first area and a second area. The first area is between an edge of the substrate and a line 3 millimeter away from the edge. The first area surrounds the second area. An qaxis perpendicular to the primary surface forms an off-angle with c-axis of the substrate. The off-angle takes a minimum value at a first position in the first area of the primary surface.
US09472624B2
A semiconductor structure including a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, and a third layer between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer. The first nitride semiconductor layer has a first gallium composition ratio, the second nitride semiconductor layer has a second gallium composition ratio different from the first metal composition ratio, and the third layer has a third gallium composition ratio greater than at least one of the first gallium composition ratio or the second gallium composition ratio. The structure may also include a fourth layer for reducing tensile stress or increasing compression stress experienced by at least the second nitride semiconductor layer.
US09472622B2
A semiconductor device includes an emitter electrode and a first field plate disposed on one surface of a substrate and spaced apart from each other, a collector electrode disposed on the other surface of the substrate, a trench gate disposed in the substrate, a field diffusion junction disposed in the substrate, and a first contact connecting the trench gate and the first field plate. The first field plate has a first part extending toward the emitter electrode with respect to the first contact and having a first width, and a second part extending toward the field diffusion junction with respect to the first contact and having a second width. The second width is greater than the first width.
